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7 Oddly Specific Shrines Around Japan

By Lisandra Moor

The History of Rebellion via Pilgrimage in Old Japan

By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
Japanese Islands Originals Mythology Tokyo Weekender

The Mythical Origins of the Japanese Islands

By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz

How Japanese Painters Took Inspiration From European Artists (and Vice Versa)

By Ciaran Lawler

How a Dispute About Purple Robes Gave Japan Its First Empress in Nearly a Millennium

By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz

How Do You Live: The Legendary Japanese Novel that Almost Never Was

By David McElhinney

Edo Automata: Tracing Japan’s Robot Heritage to Feudal-Era Karakuri Dolls

By Lisa Wallin

Spotlight: Kiyoshi Tanimoto — The Hibakusha Who Came Face-to-Face With the Man Who Bombed Hiroshima

By Matthew Hernon