Since 2019, Shirobito, a Japanese online media platform specialising in castles, compiles an annual list of Japan’s top 20 ...

Lake Suwa is one of Japan’s most famous lakes and has been featured ... After completing construction, the water of the lake reached the edge of the castle and it looked like the structure of the was ...

HIROSAKI, Aomori -- Snow-covered cherry blossom trees and a castle moat in this northern Japan city are currently ... when snow accumulates on the frozen water surface and cherry blossom tree ...

TOKYO -- Japan's ancient castles, always beautiful, are even more stately at this time of the year, as the drier, clearer air allows light to shine more brilliantly on the snow. Snowfall in Japan ...

Yet the focus of the FX-produced “Shogun” released earlier this year was much more occupied with the politics and history of the period than with the fish-out-of-water ... Japan’s 12 extant ...

The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), an advisory body to UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee, has supported Japan’s nomination strategy that emphasizes the castle’s role ...