RealEdoLife·Nov 4Did Samurai Really Live in Castles? What the Tall Keep Was Actually ForThink samurai lived in castles? Most never even entered one.
Kei Taga·Oct 22Japanese Adventurer in 19th Century New Guinea Captivates a Historian for Nearly Four DecadesWhen Yoko Iwamoto first came across Isokichi Komine’s name, he was in his 20s and researching relations between Papua New Guinea and Japan…
Saira Zulfiqar·Oct 22Pivot or Die: How Japan Rebuilt Itself to Survive the Modern WorldThere exists a country that metaphorically manifests the blueprints of a neon city, featuring incredible food, skyscrapers, and ancient…
Fusano Tokyo Notes·Oct 12A Glimpse of Japan’s Future, in a Mountain VillageNozawa Onsen in September, and what the people behind the counter told us
InJaponica PublicationbyOfficeKanon·Sep 21Silver Week in Japan: A Time for Remembrance, a Night for the MoonRespecting our elders and eating the moon as summer turns to autumnA response icon1A response icon1
RealEdoLife·Sep 20How a City of a Million People Got By With About 300 Police OfficersBy the early 1700s, Edo had become the largest city on Earth — bigger than London, bigger than Paris, home to more than a million people…
RealEdoLife·Sep 19The Decision That Split Japan’s Government in TwoTokugawa Iesada is one of the least visible shoguns in Japanese history — a man who spent most of his reign out of public view, letting his…
RealEdoLife·Sep 3Tokugawa Iemitsu: The Shogun Who Didn’t Just Close Japan — He Rewired ItMost people who’ve heard of “closed Japan” picture a country that simply vanished from the map for two centuries — no trade, no foreigners…
RealEdoLife·Sep 1Tokugawa Ieyasu: The Warlord Who Won by WaitingMost conquerors are remembered for what they did. Tokugawa Ieyasu is remembered for what he didn’t do — attack too early, trust too easily…
