Kimi was a descendant of the Kawasaki samurai clan of the Ibaraki Prefecture. After high school, she attended finishing school for young ladies and became a teacher of Japanese tea ceremony and ...

The people of Hull and East Yorkshire will once again remember the millions who lost their lives in the First World War, and ...

These virtues also influenced the combat skills, such as sword fighting, archery and handling a spear, that were essential to the samurai, as well as entirely peaceful activities such as the tea ...

Samurai existed in Japan from the medieval to the early modern era. They mastered swordsmanship and other martial arts to protect their lords, families, and themselves, while also cultivating cultural ...

The Japanese people of Matsue are some of the biggest consumers of matcha (powdered green tea), which they often enjoy during a tea ceremony. In particular ... daily enjoyment as it was created for ...

Yasuke’s remarkable journey took him from Africa to the ranks of Oda Nobunaga’s forces, where he became one of Japan’s most intriguing figures.

you leave a bit of your weight on this side, like putting up a wall and then swing with centrifugal force. 10:52 I find it quite important to bring the position of the "tanden" in line with the ...

During the festival's star-packed opening ceremony, Japan's new prime minister ... Shiraishi Kazuya’s frenetic and wildly bloody samurai action flick 11 Rebels. In recent years, Japan’s ...

The 37th Tokyo International Film Festival got off to a memorably splashy start Monday night with the world premiere of filmmaker Shiraishi Kazuya’s frenetic and wildly bloody samurai action ...