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The small community of Yagyu Village in east Nara prefecture is a sleepy place. In fact, it is down-right remote.

Kashinozaki Lighthouse and the Friendship of Japan and Turkey

Some of Japan’s best known and closest international relationships are with China, Korea, and America among others. But one of

Japan’s imperial family is the world longest reigning monarch family. If ancient sources are accurate the first emperor, Emperor Jimmu,

Some of the most famous warriors from Osaka, are without question Toyotomi Hideyoshi or Sanada Yukimura. However, most people outside

In 2019, Japan will celebrate the crowning of its 126th emperor. In Japan’s long line of emperors, one in particular

There are many key-shaped burial mounds, or Zenpokoen-Fun, in Kansai region, especially Nara and Osaka. However, the public is completely

Koka is one of the most popular ninja places in Japan, so it stands to reason that there’d be a

A good number of visitors to Japan are very interested in ninja and may even hope to do some ninja