Tokyo – Japanese History and Culture

Toyota Automobile Museum – Odaiba Megaweb.

Firstly, I would like to say hello to the people who have recently followed me. I really appreciate your support

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

Title: Snow at Nihonbashi on New Year’s Morning. The Nihonbashi (Japan Bridge), was at the heart of Edo and the

Not far from Minowa station on the Hibiya line is a nondescript temple called 浄閑寺—Jokanji. From the street, it looks

Nishi Honganji is the mother temple for the Jodo Shinshu sect of Japanese Buddhism established by Shinran Shonan who lived

I’ve been interested in Japanese style architecture for a long time but recently I’ve taken an interest in traditional home

Riding the circular Yamanote Line on a Sunday in Tokyo, it is easy to daydream. Those who have found themselves

Browsing my photos over the weekend I realised one of the photos I posted last week has a connection with

I have a lot of old photos on my hard drive so I thought I would share some with you.

Tokyo – A trove of ancient documents unearthed at the Vatican could shed light on the brutal crackdown on Christianity

A few notes from a poster presentation I did about the Tokugawa family and the Edo Period. History of the

I visited Senso-ji earlier this month and it is by far the busiest temple I have been to. On a

The Meiji Restoration is a very important period in Japan’s history as it reestablished Imperial rule and was the catalyst

Reading through one of my fellow bloggers pages (thankyou Stephen) reminded me of a couple of old Japanese maps I