Alamy The bustling Nihonbashi Bridge in the city of Edo (Tokyo) during the Tokugawa era (Credit: Alamy) Ancient Japan, I argue in my new book History for Tomorrow, offers inspiration for creating ...

considered one of the three most disappointing sightseeing spots in Japan, has reopened to the public after repair work. Inspired by a real bridge from the Edo Period (1603-1867), the city ...

21 stood on this west Japan city's iconic Kintai ... extending the lifespan of the wooden bridge, which has undergone multiple reconstructions since the Edo period (1603-1867).

From the Edo-Tokyo Museum Collection,” is currently touring Japan. We asked the exhibition ... now-extinct animal was living at the Genmori Bridge. This is a bridge known as a photo spot ...

In this episode, Greg Jenner is joined in seventeenth-century Japan by Dr Satona Suzuki and comedian Ahir Shah to learn all about the Edo period and the Tokugawa shogunate. When he came to power ...

Centered on the extraordinary appeal of "The Great Wave Off Kanagawa" by Katsushika Hokusai, this exhibition offers a smartly ...

Catholics in Japan have endured centuries of persecution ... The Christians were burned on Dec. 4, 1623, on a bridge in the center of Edo — the city later renamed Tokyo, which was to become ...

Imagine standing on the old wooden Nihonbashi bridge in the commercial heartland of Edo, the ancient Japanese ... ecological civilisations. Ancient Japan, I argue in my new book History for ...