Iehiro noted that Edo culture is especially admired in Europe and the United States, so much so that cultural assets from the period are stored and exhibited all over the world. “Japan’s ...

The estimated average height of Japanese men reached ... as refrigerators in the Edo Period, people preserved meat by hanging it on sunless north-facing walls of a house.

Nestled in the heart of the Honshu mountains, Takayama’s nickname is “the little Kyoto of the Alps,” and for good reason: its ...