Masahisa Takaki 3 days ago 1 min Biwako Sosui, meaning Lake Biwa Canals, largely contributed to Kyoto. Kyoto, which had been the capital of Japan for 1,100 years, suffered from population decline in the latter half of the 19th century after...
Masahisa Takaki Feb 12 1 min The former clubhouse of the Industry Club of Japan in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. The five-storied old building in front of Marunouchi North Exit of Jr Tokyo Station was built in 1920. The Industry Club of Japan, the ...
Masahisa Takaki Feb 2 1 min 'Matsuchi-yama Shoden' is a branch temple of Sensoji Buddhist Temple in Asakusa, Tokyo. There is a small mound, less than 10 meters high, several minutes walking upstream the Sumida from Sensoji Buddhist Temple. Matsuchi-ya...
Masahisa Takaki Jan 30 1 min Inoue Masaru is known as the father of Japan's railways. There is a statue in the square in front of the Marunouchi Exit of JR Tokyo Station. This person is Inoue Masaru, who was born into a s...
Masahisa Takaki Jan 24 1 min Mitsubishi Ichigokan in Chiyodaku, Tokyo, is Japan's first full-scale office building for rent. The west side of JR Tokyo Station, called Marunouchi, is ridiculed as Mitsubishi Village, because most buildings in this area belong to t...
Masahisa Takaki Jan 18 1 min The residence of the Tachibana family, commonly known as OHANA, in Yanagawa City, Fukuoka. The 5th feudal lord of the Yanagawa domain, the Tachibana clan, built the residence for his family in the castle enclosure in 1738. Aft...
Masahisa Takaki Jan 14 1 min Sengoku-bune is a big sailing ship, which used to navigate along the coast of the Sea of Japan. Big sailing ships for foreign trade with the countries in East Asia were changed to the use of domestic cargo transport in the 17th centu...
Masahisa Takaki Jan 5 1 min A red spider lily is thought to be a inauspicious flower in Japan. The home of a red spider lily is China, and it came to Japan before the dawn of history. It originally is a seed plant though, Japan's v...
Masahisa Takaki Jan 2 1 min Tarai-bune boats are used to catch fish on the ragged coast of Sado Island. A large earthquake hit Ogi area in Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture, in 1802. This quake caused the sudden rise of Ogi area, and so the ...
Masahisa Takaki Dec 28, 2020 1 min Tokyo Station Building in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, was built in 1914. Japan's first railway ran from Shinbashi, Tokyo, to Yokohama in 1872, and was extended to Osaka and Kobe, 500 kilometers west of Tokyo, i...
