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Family businesses are a complicated matter, especially when that business involves ruling over an entire country. Japan’s imperial family is

The Battle of Sekigahara: Japan’s Most Famous Battle

The Sengoku Period was full of prominent wars that left lasting impressions on Japan. Big wars such as the Okehazama

Japan’s very first castles were mountain castles or yamajiro. Unfortunately, many of them do not exist anymore, due to the

After the Onin War, the country had lost faith in the Ashikaga shogunate. This lack of trust lead to the

For many, the Japanese samurai is the very pinnacle of ancient Japan– over even Japanese culture as a whole. While

While Japan’s most ancient road, the Takenouchi, ends in Nagao Shrine, this shrine is the beginning of another ancient road,

The Takenouchi Kaido is the oldest road in Japanese history. Ever since ancient times, people used this road to go