japanese history – Page 4 – Let's Dive into Japanese History

Ohashi merchant/samurai residence, Kurashiki, Okayama.

Wandering around old Japanese towns is very fulfilling. You can usually get a nice feeling of nostalgia and experience of

Went to the Tokugawa Shogun exhibition today, 3rd August. Very nice! I sometimes get disappointed visiting these `special exhibitions`. I

Over a period of a few hundred years there were thousands of castles built in Japan. In Fukuoka Prefecture only,

Firstly, thank you everyone who follows me and my history adventures in Japan. I`ve been a little slow recently writing

Otaki castle museum is a small castle found in central Chiba prefecture. It is a nice site which sits in

Most of you guys know I am more of a specialist in ancient Japanese history. Although, I do occasionally write

I wrote this while at uni so it is a little dated. However it is still a good guide to

On the Honshu side of the Kanmon Straits are the ruins of one of the old Choshu Han (now Shimonoseki)

Many questions are raised when it comes to ethical standards associated in the anthropology and archaeology fields. DNA testing is

When I visited Musashi Miyamoto`s Reigando cave there stands a stone block with writing on it. I could only understand

My friend Adam Turner did some nice research and came up with this great article. I would like to share

It has been a bit of a drought on my blog page sorry to say. Even though my junior high

I recently visited Yamaguchi Prefecture and found out that the first Christmas ever celebrated in Japan was right there. During

I finally got around to editing the photos from my trip to Oita earlier this year. Here is Nakatsu castle.

Despite Fukuoka castle being one of the all time great castles of Japan (I’m a bit biased as I live