The tower doesn't quite scrape the skyline like the 59-meter-high main keep of Edo Castle once did, but the miniature version of it now at Tokyo's Imperial Palace is still nothing to sneeze at.

Channel your inner samurai and visit these remarkable castles in Japan, from Osaka to Nagasaki and right across the land.

Nestled in the heart of Tokyo, the Meiji Shrine is ... Located on the former site of Edo Castle, it embodies both the old and new Japan. The Meiji Restoration saw the emperor's power restored ...

Read more on the city to better prepare your stay: In Tokyo, Kōkyo, which means “Emperor’s residence” in Japanese, is a place not to be missed. Built on the site of the former Edo Castle ...

Few figures in Edo-period (1603–1867) Japan left as indelible a mark on the ... With ‘Tsutaya Juzaburo: Creative Visionary of Edo’, the Tokyo National Museum pays tribute to this pioneering ...

that once stood in Edo (present-day Tokyo). The overnight castle stay program will start in July. Guests will be picked up by a rickshaw at JR Marugame Station to ride to the Ote Ichi-no-mon gate ...

Textual Cultures, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Spring 2021), pp. 3-19 (17 pages) Why were certain kinds of knowledge kept secret during the Edo period and what impact did secretive practices have on the ...