Japan’s Tokaido Road existed as a significant trade route connecting Kyoto and Edo (now Tokyo). Used for several hundreds of years, the Tokaido or “Eastern Sea Road” became especially famous ...

The Tokaido Road series brings Hiroshige great success, but he struggles to find what he truly wants to paint. Just when he begins to understand what that might be, tragedy befalls his supportive ...

As his last samurai duty, Hiroshige journeys down the Tokaido Road. Then, through Kayo's connection, a publisher named Magohachi offers him a job to paint "The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido ...

Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai) canceled all Tokaido Shinkansen services between Tokyo and Nagoya on Aug. 30 due to the heavy rain and strong wind caused by Typhoon No. 10. For the stretch ...