The town of Sawara flourished in the Edo period (1603–1868) as a hub for river shipping and a fermentation center that turned rice from the nearby fields into prized sake, soy sauce, and more. Now a ...

While samurai's place at the top of society is historically accurate, a new exhibition at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts adds complexity to the layers of that society. If your primary familiarity with ...

In quiet Koto ward, away from the neon-lit skyscrapers and frenzied pace of central Tokyo, the Fukagawa Edo Museum offers a portal to a bygone era. It costs only a few hundred yen to explore this ...

During the late Edo period when the Tenpo Reforms are in force, public discontent is growing over the collusive relationships between merchants and government officials. Kakie Shinpeita (Kitamura ...