Japanese Culture

Akihabara is one part of Tokyo that has really changed a lot these days. 秋葉原は東京において、近年、その性格が劇的に変化した

You can experience both modern and Edo -period Japan here.

In early February every year, the Sapporo Snow Festival is held for one week in the city of Sapporo,

Prisons and Patriots provides a detailed account of 41 Nisei (second-generation Japanese Americans), known as the Tucsonians, who were imprisoned for resisting the draft during WWII. Cherstin Lyon parallels their courage as resisters with that of civil rights hero Gordon Hirabayashi, well known for his legal battle against curfew and internment, who also resisted the draft. These dual stories highlight the intrinsic relationship between the rights and the obligations of citizenship, particularly salient in times of war.

The Ogasawara Islands are located approximately 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo and consist of about

Iwami Ginzan is a group of ruins in Shimane Prefecture where silver used to be mined in the 16th to

The Shirakami Mountain Range is spread across Aomori and Akita Prefectures and spans over 1,000 mete

Yakushima is an island that floats in the sea off the southernmost tip of the mainland of Kyushu, ar

There was a kingdom known as Ryukyu that existed on the Nansei Islands, part of present day Okinawa

Gion, located in Kyoto's Higashiyama, serves as Kyoto's bustling downtown area.

The Yoshida Fire Festival, held in Yamanashi Prefecture's Fujiyoshida City on August 26th and 27th every year, is an autumn festival that marks the end of the Mt. Fuji climbing season.

It is said that the Kishiwada Danjiri Matsuri began in the Edo period as a festival for praying for a good harvest.

Made from soybeans, tofu is a type of healthy food that has been eaten as shojin ryori (Buddhist vegetarian cuisine) for a great many years. Even now it is a very common food in Japan.

In Japan, it is customary to eat eel to prevent summer exhaustion due to its high nutritional value.

In the 1960s, chicken became a common food in Japan.

Umeboshi are a type of pickle made from ume (plums) fruits that are dried in the sun after being salted and soaked in ume vinegar.

Chirashi-zushi is a type of sushi made by combining various ingredients with vinegared rice.

Menchi katsu is a popular side dish on par with croquette.

Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture developed as one of Japan's port towns after the ports were opened i

Tomioka Silk Mill in Gunma Prefecture was Japan's first large-scale machine-made silk factory that w