May 16, 20201 minThe National Theatre of Japan in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.This theatre gives the performance of Japanese traditional theatrical arts, and trains the apprentices. In addition, it carries out the...
May 12, 20201 minThe Tokyo Lutheran Center Church plays a central role of the Japan Lutheran Church.Just three years after the end of the Second World War, in 1948, the American Lutheran Church dispatched 36 missionaries to Japan. This ...
May 5, 20201 minThe Classic House at Akasaka Prince was the former mansion of the Crown Prince of Korean Empire.Going with the annexation of Korean Peninsula by Japan in 1910, the then Imperial Family of Korean Empire became to be treated almost the...
May 2, 20201 minThe Nihonbashi store building of Takashimaya department store in Tokyo.Born as a secondhand clothes store in Kyoto in 1829, Takashimaya department store advanced into Osaka in 1898. Then it found its way in...
Apr 30, 20201 minThe buildings along the Imperial Palace used to be restricted to the maximum height of 31 meters.Around the inner moat of the Imperial Palace, 5 kilometers in circumference , in the very heart of Tokyo, many high-rise buildings are st...
Apr 21, 20201 minCatholic Sekiguchi Cathedral, also known as St. Mary's Cathedral,Tokyo, in Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo.There are three archdioceses in Japan, they are Tokyo, Osaka and Nagasaki. The novel design building in the picture is Catholic Sekiguch...
Apr 20, 20201 minGinza in Tokyo as of a little before noon, on Sunday April 19th, 2020.The total number of the corona virus infected people in Tokyo reached 3,000 on April 19th, 2020. The Government issued a state-of-emer...
Apr 18, 20201 minEnpukuji Buddhist temple in Kagurazaka, Tokyo, was founded by a well-known warlord, Kato Kiyomasa.As Kato Kiyomasa devoted himself to the Nichiren sect of Buddhism, this temple which was built in 1856 belongs to the Nichiren sect. The...
Apr 15, 20201 minFormer Iseya pawnshop in Kikuzaka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo.Kikuzaka literally means a slope in a field of chrysanthemum flowers. Kikuzaka area actually was carpeted with chrysanthemum flowers i...
Apr 13, 20201 minOtani-Honbyo in Kyoto is the Graveyard of Shinran, the founder of Jodo-Shinshu Sect of Buddhism.Being adjacent to Gojo-zaka slope, one of the approaches to Kiyomizu-dera Temple, Otani-Honbyo is lying with solemnity. Shinran passed ...
Apr 5, 20201 minAn equestrian statue of Prince Komatsunomiya Akihito, in Ueno Park, was built in 1912.Prince Komatsunomiya Akihito made a great contribution to the modernization of Japan. After the samurai government ruled by Tokugawa Sho...
Apr 2, 20201 minCherry blossoms are the herald of spring.Cherry blossoms are annually in full bloom from the end of March to the beginning of April in Tokyo though, this year is irregularly earl...
Mar 31, 20201 minThe National Museum of Western Art in Ueno, Tokyo.The main building of this museum is a component of World Heritage 'The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to...
Mar 27, 20201 minFormer 'Museum/Zoo Station' of Keisei Electric Railway Inc. in Ueno, Tokyo.This train station was opened in 1933, and was abolished in 2004. Being constructed between Nippori Station and Ueno Station of Keisei ...
Mar 20, 20201 minThe bell of Kanzeon-ji Buddhist Temple in Dazaifu City is the oldest one in Japan.Kanzeon-ji Temple in Dazaifu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, is one of the three prestigious Buddhist temples in Japan as these were equipped...
Mar 19, 20201 minKonpon-chudo Main Hall of Kanei-ji Buddhist Temple in Ueno, Tokyo.Kanei-ji Temple, together with Zojo-ji Temple in Shiba, is the Tokugawa Shogun's family temple. Konpon-chudo Main Hall was built in 169...
Mar 14, 20201 minSogakudo of the Tokyo Music School is Japan's oldest concert hall in Western Style.This old concert hall was built in 1890 for the practical use of the students of then Tokyo National Music School, present-day Tokyo Univ...
Mar 9, 20201 minKodokan, originally elected by Mr. Kano Jigoro, the founder of Judo, is the headquarters of Judo.Kano Jigoro, who is called the father of Judo, strived to create Judo in 1881 by integrating several martial arts at that time. He diss...
Mar 2, 20201 minKanagu-ya ryokan stands in the heart of Shibu-onsen hot spring resort in Nagano Prefecture.The foundation of Kanagu-ya ryokan dates back to 1758. The name of Kanagu-ya sounds strange as the name of ryokan for the Japanese, bec...
Feb 28, 20201 minOsaka Shochiku-za theatre stands in Dotonbori, Osaka City.This excellent building with a decorative terra-cotta exterior in the neo-Renaissance style was built in 1923. The parent company of thi...
