japanese history – Page 5 – Let's Dive into Japanese History

The day Toyotomi Hideyoshi became a Ninja.

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

If you’re a fan of Japanese history as I am I strongly suggest you visit the National Museum in Sakura

Yoshinogari is a a large moated town from the Yayoi Period (300BC-300AD). The Yoshinogari Yayoi ruins were found in 1986

I have been to the Sapporo Beer factory a few times but the mission was always to eat as much

Scanning photos today I found another early map of Fukuoka. I think I took this in the archaeology center in

A few years ago I wrote about the history of Kendo. I recently updated the post and submitted it as

During the ‘isolation period’ of Japan also known as the Edo Period a few nations were still allowed to trade

While I was living in Kumamoto one of things I really wanted to do is visit the cave Musashi Miyamoto

Happy Thursday! I’m going to start posting some new blogs which only focus on my photography. Articles are great but

I’m delighted to let you know that I am now writing articles for http://www.taiken.co. This is a link for my

A couple of weeks ago I visited Raizan Sennyoji in Itoshima. Itoshima is a nice little country suburb a little