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Among the countless local celebrations held across Japan each year, one of the most unusual is the Enrei Onodachi Memorial Festival, often d...

Before the modern period, in Japan, certain colours were strictly regulated by law and custom, and wearing them without permission could be ...

Antarctica has always been a proving ground for survival. Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance expedition saw twenty‑eight men endure shipwreck, d...

In the winter of 1682, a massive fire swept through Edo, present-day Tokyo. Known as the “Great Tenna Fire” it raged through the city’s crow...

This is a very simplified political map of Japan showing various prefectures in the northern end of Honshu, the largest of Japan's fou...