The 2024 Shogun TV series stacks up pretty well to history, says a Japanese historian – but the surrounding conversation around “colonialism” is ridiculous.
The island of Odaiba is one of Tokyo’s major landmarks. Not long ago, however, it didn’t even exist. Discover Tokyo history rising from the depths.
To this day, a rivalry exists between the northern Japanese prefectures of Aomori and Iwate. And its source? A bunch of trees.
He ended a century-long war and brought about 264 years of peace. So why does no one in Japan like Tokugawa Ieyasu?
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