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Located in the Inland Sea of Japan , the Shōdo Island (Island of Small Beans) is a popular destination for domestic tourism, firstly ...

In this postcard is a Bugaku dance performance (accompanied by a Gagaku orchestra) at Ise Jingū (Ise Shrine), probably during the Sp...

"Families Struth discovered parallels with his street scenes in the classic family portrait, moved here too by the desire to invo...

Hakata Gion Yamakasa is a Japanese festival celebrated from 1 to 15 July in Hakata , Fukuoka . Its rites centre is on Kushida Jinja , ...

Probably that, together with the samurai , geisha are the most distinctive symbol of Japan . Geisha are traditional Japanese female en...

Ainu (in historical texts Ezo ), an indigenous people living in Japan ( Hokkaidō island ) and Russia ( Sakhalin and the Kuril Island...

For four generations, in Heian period (794-1185), between 1087 and 1189, Hiraizumi was the home of the family Hiraizumi Fujiwara , a...

Located in the heart of the Japanese Alps , Takayama developed its own culture in the last 300 years, because the high altitude and se...

  A mounted archer is a cavalryman armed with a bow, able to shoot while riding from horseback. This technique was developed by the n...

Very few Europeans real understand Japanese people, even though many argue that. I recognize that not, and the way in which they ha...