Heinrich Schliemann made a brief visit to the western Tokyo suburb of Hachioji during his monthlong stay in Japan in 1865 before he turned ... to at the end of the Edo Period (1603-1867 ...

As far back as the 14th century, the lush backyard of the contemporary Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo was called Tsubakiyama, or ...

Today, old Edo is mostly unrecognizable. Before the towering ... the Imperial Palace is Tokyo Station. This gorgeous brick building was built in 1908, shortly after the Russo-Japanese War.

A few suggestions follow representing Tokyo’s yesterday, its today as well as the city’s tomorrow. A mid-20th century public bath is open for museum visitors to touch and feel at the Edo-Tokyo ...

For those looking to dive into Tokyo’s past, Fukagawa Edo is a great substitute for the much larger Edo-Tokyo Museum, which ...

In quiet Koto ward, away from the neon-lit skyscrapers and frenzied pace of central Tokyo, the Fukagawa Edo Museum offers a portal to a bygone era. It costs only a few hundred yen to explore this ...