Traditionally, emperors were seen as descended from Shinto gods. The first emperor was Emperor Jimmu, who is said to have begun his reign and built an empire around 660 BC. According to Japanese ...

including the tomb of Emperor Jimmu in Nara, who is believed to be Japan's first emperor, ruling from 660 to 585 BC. The Kansai region encompassing Osaka, Nara and Kyoto, is historically where ...

Even though it has pretty much gone out of style today, "Jimmu konokata" (literally, "since Emperor Jimmu") is probably the most hyperbolic expression ever coined in Japanese. When the Japanese ...