Most people are well aware that the Edo shogunate’s seat of power was Edo Castle, but what of the Kamakura shogunate? The focus of NHK’s new historical taiga drama serial Kamakura-dono no 13-nin (The ...
Minamoto no Sanetomo (1192–1219) was only 11 years old when he became shōgun, the third in the Minamoto line of military rulers of Japan. He came to power in extraordinary circumstances. His elder ...
Dense concrete clusters fall away, giving way to wide open spaces with scattered habitations as the train leaves Tokyo. Quite unexpectedly, the snow-capped tip of Mount Fuji comes into view for a few ...
GO: About an hour by train from central Tokyo and overlooking Sagami Bay, Kamakura draws tourists for its culture and history. Take the outbound JR Yokosuka Line or JR Shonan-Shinjuku Line from Tokyo ...
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