The Meiji Shrine is a Shinto (Japan's original religion) shrine dedicated to Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken. Japanese history credits Meiji for modernizing Japan by incorporating Western ...

A U.S. researcher of Japanese literature has published two books of “waka” poems composed by the emperor and empress of the Meiji Era (1868-1912) with assistance from his poet wife. It was ...

A convenient train ride from Tokyo to Odawara by the regular Tokaido Line (one and a half hours) or Tokaido Shinkansen (35 minutes), Odawara Castle Park is an ideal getaway from bustling Tokyo to ...