Masahisa Takaki
- 15 hours ago
- 1 min
Ana-hachiman Shinto Shrine is believed to be beneficial to relieve the convulsions of infants.
Ana-hachiman in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, which is said to be founded in 1062, was worshipped by the successive Tokugawa shogun families...
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Masahisa Takaki
- Apr 19
- 1 min
The Kyoto State Guest House is a modern Japanese architecture.
This Japanese-style graceful building was built in Kyoto in 2005 as the next state guest house after the State Guest House Akasaka Palace...
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Masahisa Takaki
- Apr 6
- 1 min
“Suwano-chaya” teahouse in the Imperial Palace East Garden was originally built in the Fukiage Garden in 1912.
This teahouse stands in the Ninomaru Japanese Garden in the Imperial Palace East Garden in Tokyo. This is named after a simple teahouse...
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Masahisa Takaki
- Mar 30
- 1 min
Those who needed to meet successive Tokugawa shoguns in Edo Castle were required rigorous security checks beforehand.
The fifteen successive Tokugawa shoguns resided in Edo Castle, now the Imperial Palace, for 260 years from the early 17th century and...
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Masahisa Takaki
- Mar 23
- 2 min
The Ise Jingu Shinto Shrine in Mie Prefecture was by far the most popular tourist destination in Japan in the Edo period.
The Ise Jingu Shinto Shrine is dedicated to the ancestors of the Imperial Family, hence the common people couldn’t enter the shrine...
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