a day ago1 minThe 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...
5 days ago1 minSengoku-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...
Jan 51 minA 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...
Jan 21 minTarai-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 ...
Dec 28, 20201 minTokyo 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...
Dec 13, 20201 minSengan-Yagura is one of the most important sumi-yaguras of Osaka Castle.Yagura means a watchtower equipped with an arsenal to repel enemies, and sumi-yagura indicates a specific yagura built at the corner of a...
Dec 7, 20201 minOsaka has the oldest prefectural government building in Japan.This building, built in 1926, is the third generation. The first one was built in 1868 and the second in 1874. There are 47 prefectural...
Nov 24, 20201 minGodai Tomoatsu has been looked up to by Osaka locals.Godai Tomoatsu was born into a high-ranking samurai family of Satsuma domain, present Kagoshima Prefecture, in 1836. Through the experi...
Nov 21, 20201 min'Miraiza Osaka-jo' originally was the Forth Division headquarters of the Japanese army.Miraiza Osaka-jo is a commercial complex consisting of a variety of restaurants, bars, shops and amusement facilities. This elegant buil...
Nov 15, 20201 minThe former Yasuda Teien in Ryogoku, Tokyo, originally was a garden of a daimyo feudal lord.Being not that big though, this Japanese garden is one of three *Shioiri-Kaiyushiki-Gardens in Tokyo, together with Hama-rikyu Garden and...
Nov 3, 20201 minThe Japanese Sword Museum in Sumida-ku, Tokyo, is one of a few museums focusing on Japanese swords.This museum, run by the Society for Preservation of Japanese Art Swords, was originally opened in Shibuya, Tokyo, in 1968, and was reloca...
Oct 31, 20201 minShukunegi, located at the southern tip of Sado Island in Niigata Prefecture, is a former port town.Shukunegi was at its zenith from the 17th to 19th century, as a port of call of Kitamae-bune which was cargo vessels navigating along the...
Oct 20, 20201 min'Enshogura', the explosive warehouse of Osaka Castle, was built in 1685. As the military base of the then central government in Edo, present Tokyo, Osaka Castle was equipped with two explosives warehouses for ...
Oct 16, 20201 min'Kinzo', also known as 'Kanegura', which is the treasure house of Osaka Castle, was built in 1751.Osaka Castle was the base of the then feudal government in Edo, present Tokyo, to control Western Japan. Tokugawa feudal government stor...
Oct 13, 20201 minOsaka City Central Public Hall, commonly known as Nakanoshima Public Hall, was built in 1918.This old-fashioned building, a leading public hall in Japan, was built by the donation from Iwamoto Einosuke who was a well-known specula...
Oct 6, 20201 min'Kinmeisui-Ido-Yakata' beside the donjon of Osaka Castle was drilled in 1624.As shown in the picture, the well covered with a tile roof is found very close to the entrance of the donjon. This old well was drilled w...
Sep 30, 20201 minSakura-mon of Osaka Castle is the official gate to the main enclosure with the stately donjon.The main enclosure of Osaka Castle is surrounded by the inner moat, over which Sakura-mon official gate spans. This gate in the first pi...
Sep 26, 20201 minThe donjon of Osaka Castle forms the third generation.The original donjon of this castle was built around 1585, by Toyotomi Hideyoshi who unified Japan in the second half of the 16th century....
Sep 12, 20201 minThe cable railway of Mt. Takao started in 1927 as the second cable railway service in Japan.Mt Takao, 599 meters high, in Hachioji City, Tokyo, is a popular trekking area thanks to great access from the heart of Tokyo. This cabl...
Sep 8, 20201 minThe Railway Museum in Saitama City, north of Tokyo, opened in 2007.The predecessor of this museum which is run by East Japan Railway Company was The Transportation Museum in Kanda, Tokyo, which opened in ...
