As Japan reopens to travel, now is the best time to explore the Tokaido, a major road that inspired humorous manga-like travel guides and one of the country’s most famous artworks. Mount Fuji rises ...

Japan currently has 10 shinkansen (bullet train) lines to shuttle passengers around Japan at super high speeds, but the busiest by far is the Tokaido Shinkansen, which has been known to operate over ...

During the Tokugawa Period (1603-1868), travel in Japan was closely regulated. Feudal lords and their retinue travelled regularly between Edo (present day Tokyo) and their domains. Merchants travelled ...

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Utagawa (Ando) Hiroshige (1797 to 1858) was a Japanese ukiyo-e (“pictures of the floating world”) artist, and one of the last great artists in that tradition. In 1832, he traveled the Tokaido Road as ...