Ishiguro Samurai House (Kakunodate, Akita Perfecture) – located 3 ½ hours north of Tokyo, this historic residence was built in the early 19th century and has been the home of the Ishiguro family — retainers of the dominant Satake clan. Visitors are shown around the main rooms by a guide and can view the garden […]
Historical Monuments of Ancient Nara (Nara) – located about 4 hours southwest of Tokyo (at the one-time capital of Japan), the city of Nara boasts various historical sites, including five Buddhist temples, a palace, and a Shinto shrine. Todai-ji Temple, a major attraction at Nara, houses the “Great Buddha of Nara” – the world largest […]
Hiroshima Peace Museum (1-2 Nakajima-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima Prefecture) – located 5 hours southwest of Tokyo, this museum raises peace consciousness and ensures that the A-bomb experience is conveyed accurately to coming generations. The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum provides opportunities for the visitors to listen to eyewitness testimony by A-bomb survivors and to see A-bomb […]
Himeji Castle (Honmachi, Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture) – Himeji Castle is located in the center of Himeji City, about 50 kilometers west of Kobe and about 650 kilometers west of Tokyo. It takes about fours hours by bullet train from Tokyo. is nicknamed “White Heron” Castle because of its white walls which are covered with white […]
Edo-Tokyo Museum (1-4-1 Yokoami, Sumida-ku, Tokyo) — The Edo-Tokyo Museum was founded on March 28,1993, as the place where visitors come to learn more about Tokyo’s history and culture , and which also serves as a projection onto the city and the living of the future. In the Permanent Exhibition area, there can be found […]
Aoyagi Samurai Manor Museum (26, Kakunodatemachi Higashikatsurakucho, Semboku-shi, Akita) – located 3 hours north of Tokyo, this is one of the best preserved architectural beauties of its kind in Japan. Founded on the rich traditions of the Aoyagi family, the Manor assumed a new facade in 1989 as a complex of open-air museums. The estate […]
This Far Eastern nation is a volcanic archipelago of over 6,000 islands, located near China, Korea, and Russia, with its four largest islands (Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku) composing most of Japan’s land area and population (which is now over 126 million people). With the country being settled as far back as 30,000 BC, Japan […]