The Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo is a premium hotel located in Tokyo’s Nihonbashi area, near Tokyo Station and the Tokyo Stock Exchange, in the Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower. Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group manages the hotel, which debuted in December 2005. There are 178 rooms and suites at the hotel, as well as ten restaurants and bars. Sense, …
One of the major cities in the Greater Tokyo Area and the Keihin Industrial Area is Kawasaki (Kawasaki-shi), which is located in the Kanagawa Prefecture of Japan. After Yokohama, it is the second most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture and the eighth most populous city in all of Japan (including the Tokyo Metropolitan Area). With …
The footprints left by Japan’s hares after a recent snowfall show how extensive and abundant they are. Their prints are easily recognized because their small front paws create two close-together impressions, usually in a line pointing in the direction of travel, and their huge, broad hind feet leave large, widely spaced impressions to either side …
The largest of Japan’s Ryukyu (Nansei) Islands, Okinawa Island is located in the Kyushu area. Of Japan’s five main islands, this one is the smallest and least populous. The island has a total size of 1,206.98 square kilometers, is around 106 kilometers (66 mi) long, and is typically 11 kilometers (7 mi) wide (466.02 sq …
Military tools (bugu), or items used in battle for both offensive and defense, are within the broad category of armor. It included a helmet, a mask, two shoulder pads, arm guards, a cuirass, various lower-abdomen defensive components, and thigh and shin guards. The two main functions of armor were to provide protection to the warrior …
Arai Hakuseki, a Confucian scholar and official, advised the shoguns Tokugawa Ienobu and Ietsugu in the early eighteenth century and contributed to influencing economic and diplomatic policies. When Ietsugu passed away, Hakuseki resigned from his position as secretary of state and started a career as a prolific writer of Japanese history, political philosophy, military arts, …
After Japan was opened to Western countries in 1853, samurai once again played a significant diplomatic and foreign policy role in the nation’s foreign relations. The Tenshô embassy (1582-1590) and the Keichô embassy (1613-1620) were diplomatic missions dispatched to Europe earlier in order to foster trade relations at a time when the continent was relatively …
Imagine being able to see a live satellite feed of photographs of Earth on any given day, and being able to zoom in and see how the seasons are changing in real time. Japan would be a fantastic country to visit if you had that once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Seasonal changes wash back and forth, up and …
From south to north, the Japanese archipelago is home to four different types of climax forests. Subtropical broadleaf evergreen forest (in the Nansei Shot and Ogasawara Islands); warm temperate broadleaf evergreen forest (or laurel forests, with predominantly broadleaf evergreens and some deciduous and needle-leaf evergreens, found in Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu); cool temperate, broadleaf deciduous …
The sovereignty issue over the Kuril Islands, which has been unresolved for 66 years (as of 2012) since World War II’s end, has impeded Russia’s foreign policy. Because of their abundance of natural resources and strategic location, the islands are vital both economically and militarily. The Russo-Japanese War began on February 10, 1904, as a …