Municipalities with old castles began outfitting their facilities ... Tetsuo Owada, chairman of the Japan Castle Foundation, said walking directly on the wooden floors of the re-created donjon ...

Japanese Castles are a great place to see the Japanese ... contains a reconstruction of part of the old palace buildings and ...

In a Game Rant interview, Assassin's Creed Shadows devs discuss how its castles serve as gorgeous set pieces and challenging ...

A western Japan city has begun offering overnight stays at Fukuyama Castle, a site dating back 400 years, as regional economies seek ways to attract wealthy visitors amid the country’s tourism boom.

Upon being proclaimed Shogun (feudal military dictator) of Japan in 1603, Ieyasu constructed a palace that would reflect his supreme power. Nijo Castle in central Kyoto was certainly ostentatious ...

Wakayama Castle in western Japan was hit by heavy rains in the region ... The wall is well over 400 years old and its age brings other problems. Mature tree roots exert huge amounts of pressure ...

Himeji Castle, one of Japan's first four UNESCO World Heritage sites, is pictured in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, in 2023. (Mainichi/Nobuya Muramoto) HIMEJI, Hyogo -- A ticket to the famously ...

Kenji Matsuo, a professor emeritus of history of Japanese religions at Yamagata University, downplayed the Jewish mikveh theory in connection to the castle's bathing area. “It was definitely a ...