The excavation of ruins of the last castle built by the warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi is being hailed as the greatest discovery in Japan of this century. While there have been references in the ...

HITOYOSHI, Kumamoto Prefecture--Experts are still at a loss why a rectangular bathing area existed in a basement, which was discovered within the premises of the ruins of Hitoyoshi Castle here a ...

Hidden beneath the waters surrounding Japan’s Yonaguni island are the towering ruins of a 10,000-year-old ... structures resembling the remains of a castle, temples, an arch and a stadium ...

Firefighters found the distribution switchboard in the ruins. There have ... or sprinklers. Shuri Castle's architecture had influences from both China and Japan. It was a center of politics ...

Himeji Castle, one of Japan's first four UNESCO World Heritage sites, is pictured in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, in 2023. (Mainichi/Nobuya Muramoto) HIMEJI, Hyogo -- A ticket to the famously ...