Edo period
Join us on a guided tour of the film set where hundreds of Japanese period movies and dramas are filmed every year.
Today in the SoraKitchen we’re trying out hand at one of the 10,000 Cooking Treasure Secrets of a samurai-era cookbook.
The inn is actually an upgraded traditional Japanese house that’s continuously served as a residence for officials for more than 400 years.
Nagano village was once a major stop on the Kyoto-Edo route, and the neighborhood looks much the same centuries later.
Not far from Akihabara you’ll find Amanoya, but it wouldn’t be there if not for an assassination.
Yoshiwara was once where men with money to burn came to entertain themselves, while this woman was eating rotten pickles, or sometimes nothing at all.
Your eyes will love the traditional Japanese garden, but keep your ears open for a sound that’s been marking life in this town for centuries.
The Edo Neko Chaya has a beautiful interior, charming kitties, and a heartwarming mission.
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