Let's take a tour of Edo, Japan's capital (now Tokyo) during the Tokugawa Period. 49ers’ Low Contract Offer for Brock Purdy ...

During the Edo period (1603–1868), the national government, or shogunate, required domain leaders to travel to Edo (now Tokyo) and remain for some time before returning home. Domains spent huge ...

Japan has 47 prefectures ... often with borders matching the provinces that existed up through the Edo period (1603–1868). The standard order used in Japanese to list the prefectures runs ...

Okonomiyaki, the Japanese pancake, has a rich history, transforming from a luxury item during the Edo period to a beloved ...

Guth, Christine, Art of Edo Japan: The Artist and the City 1615-1868 (New York: Henry Abrams, 1996). Kobayashi, Tadashi, Prints by Utagawa Hiroshige in the James A. Michener Collection, Volume I ...

Further north, in Aomori Prefecture, Hirosaki is another contender for Japan's finest cherry blossom site with a connection to Edo-era (1603-1868) Japan. That's thanks to its castle, which is ...