Learn Japanese katana techniques from movie actors and film your own sword-fight in an Edo setting.
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Fight like a ninja in a samurai town, with sword-fighting experience at Kyoto Toei movie studio park
A new line of tea tablets uses the family crests of six famous samurai clans from Japan’s Sengoku era along with uniquely selected flavors for each.
Warrior underwear loved by Robert De Niro, Billy Joel, and Madonna’s dancers are now available to purchase.
The site of Ieyasu’s grave also has an amazing hidden-gem museum that far too many visitors skip.
We sit down with the environmentally conscious Gomihiroi Samurai to find out what they’re really about.
Yeah, Tokugawa Ieyasu was a great shogun and all, but we’re here to see (and eat) Tokugawa Piyoyasu.
Fake news story goes viral around the world, but the real story behind it is just as compelling.
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Ghibli founders Toshio Suzuki and Hayao Miyazaki contribute to Japanese whisky Totoro label design
Doraemon found buried at sea as scene from 1993 anime becomes real life【Photos】
Tokyo’s most famous Starbucks is closed
One Piece characters’ nationalities revealed, but fans have mixed opinions
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AKB48 fan shows his love the only way he knows how: By buying $300,000 worth of CDs
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