20 Sep 2018: Fukagawa Edo Museum
A small neighborhood at the end of the Edo period, modeled after the Sagacho part in Fukagawa, was rebuilt inside the Fukagawa Edo Museum. There are streets, homes, stores, a tea stall and a noodle shop, a boathouse, a canal, and a fire watchtower. The ... »
12 comments 19 Sep 2018: Cedar trees on the old Tokaido road
Planted at the beginning of the Edo period at the order of the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, the cedar trees ... »38 comments 18 Sep 2018: Half Pipe Don Quijote Roppongi
Constructed on the roof of the 8-story building of the Don Quijote store in Roppongi, Tokyo, the half ... »26 comments 17 Sep 2018: Hakone shrine torii in the rain
The Hakone shrine was moved on its current location, inside a spectacular Japanese sugi pine forest, ... »39 comments 16 Sep 2018: Gokoku-ji Furo-mon gate
The Furo-mon gate of the Gokoku-ji temple in Bunkyo, Tokyo, was added to the complex relatively ... »33 comments 15 Sep 2018: The 300 years old Great Buddha of Tenno-ji, Yanaka, Tokyo
Built 328 years ago, the copper seating figure of Buddha at the Tenno-ji temple in Yanaka, Tokyo, was ... »43 comments 14 Sep 2018: Fire protection in the old Tokyo
One of the first fire protection techniques used for the first Western style buildings in Japan was ... »31 comments 13 Sep 2018: The legend of Bon Odori
Legend says that one of the disciples of Buddha, Maudgalyayana (Mokuren in Japanese), who had the ... »25 comments
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