What is Ohaguro? Why did people in Japan Blacken their teeth? Sawada Toko ‘Biso no Nippon: The history of dressing up’

The unforgiving terror of the Debt-collecting demon, Tosaiki

Meiji Japan, through photographs from 120 years ago: Tohoku edition. [Daredemo Museum Series]

The Nitori Museum of Art: A closer look at the renovated Bank-turned-museum in Otaru, Hokkaido

Feast on Crayfish and local craft beer at Lake Akan, Hokkaido

Who was Hijikata Toshizo? The life of the fearsome vice-commander of the security force for the Tokugawa shogunate

Why did the Tokugawa shogunate build ‘Goryokaku’, a western style star shaped fortress in Hokkaido?

The sentimental meaning behind the white shiromuku kimono, worn by the Yujo of Yohiwara

What was the daily life of a Tokugawa Shogun like?

Who was Japan’s first Shogun? What exactly did a Shogun do?

Takemoto Oritayu VI reflects on his unexpected stand-in performance in Kobe-Okamoto [Practice of Bunraku: season by season]

A brief introduction to Japanese prints from a Danish perspective

A forbidden and terrifying glimpse into the another world through ‘mata nozoki’

Leadership Secrets of the Sengoku Warlords: 4 ways to build trust and loyalty

Tokugawa Ieyasu was a great negotiator and master of crafting a letter; he says “The final line is critical!”

A life of Sengoku warlord’s wife Hosokawa Gracia; Why she likened herself to a snake?

Who had the most beautiful hair in the Heian period? What truly captivates people? Sawada Toko ‘Biso no Nippon: The history of dressing up’

Exquisite Japanese egg sandwiches in the land of iconic theatres: Ginza and Nihonbashi edition