Most people are well aware that the Edo shogunate’s seat of power was Edo Castle, but what of the Kamakura shogunate? The focus of NHK’s new historical taiga drama serial Kamakura-dono no 13-nin (The ...

The key visual depicts Tokiyuki Hojo and other members of the Toshiyuki Party reaching out to each other, Kamakura in flames, and Takashi Ashikaga looking back. ©松井優征／集英社・逃げ上手の若君製作委員会 The synopsis of ...

A condominium development project near the site of a historic 13th-century shogun's office has sparked controversy in a popular Japanese tourist destination. The location, once central to the Hojo ...

Dense concrete clusters fall away, giving way to wide open spaces with scattered habitations as the train leaves Tokyo. Quite unexpectedly, the snow-capped tip of Mount Fuji comes into view for a few ...