History
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Discovering the True Charm of Otaru │ 小樽の本当の魅力に出会う
OhayouJune 24, 2025 Hokkaidō is a completely different Japan from the rest of the country. The great northern island, 北海道… READ MORE
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The mysterious Ninja temple of Kanazawa│金沢の神秘的な忍者寺
OhayouJune 22, 2025 Setting off at random, without any real goal, allows discoveries to unfold free from the burden of… READ MORE
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The beauty of Kanazawa │金沢の美しさ
Ohayou December 2022 The name of the city of Kanazawa is written in Japanese with the kanji of gold 金… READ MORE
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The Tokugawa clan in the Edo era │徳川氏の江戸時代
Ohayou January 2023 In 1615, Tokugawa Ieyasu, having become shōgun, quelled a rebellion at Osaka Castle led by the son… READ MORE
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The Bushidō of Nitobe Inazō│新渡戸稲造の武士道
Ohayou January 2023 武 士 道 was written in 1899 in English, in the United States, by Nitobe Inazō, a… READ MORE
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The days of the samurai│侍の時代
Ohayou January 2023 The samurai fuels Western fantasies about Japan even more than the geisha. A fearless warrior, extraordinarily brave,… READ MORE
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Toyotomi Hideyoshi│豊臣秀吉
Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537-1598) is the second great unifier of Japan, and his story is unique: he was the son of… READ MORE
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Tokugawa Ieyasu│徳川 家康
When Toyotomi Hideyoshi died in 1598, the new Japanese state was not yet sufficiently stable, and the council of five… READ MORE
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Oda Nobunaga│織田 信長
Japan’s first unifier, Oda Nobunaga, spent his life on the battlefield, conquering large parts of the country. He committed seppuku… READ MORE
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« When will the West understand, or try to understand, the East? We Asians are sometimes appalled by the strange web of facts and inventions with which we have been enveloped. »
Okakura Tenshin
(The book of tea, 1906)
Quote in Souyri, Pierre-François. Nouvelle histoire du Japon. Paris : Perrin, 2010.
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