The Palace Museum, former home to the Ming and Qing ... two side openings served civil and military officials as well as imperial clansmen. An excursion to offer sacrifices at the Temple of ...

You'd think the Imperial Palace would be mobbed with tourists, but it's not. You can credit the lack of crowds to an application policy, which limits the number of visitors. That's because the ...

Inui Street in the Imperial Palace in Tokyo has been open to the public since March 29. It will be open for nine days until April 6. Visitors can walk along about the 750-meter-long one-way street ...

Nestled in the heart of Tokyo, the Meiji Shrine is a serene ... built by the people of Japan in honor of their revered leaders. The Imperial Palace, home to Japan's royal family, stands as a ...

A 400-year-old stone wall once part of Edo Castle, discovered only last year at what is now the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, is likely ... of Sannomaru Shozokan (The Museum of the Imperial ...

The tower doesn't quite scrape the skyline like the 59-meter-high main keep of Edo Castle once did, but the miniature version of it now at Tokyo's Imperial Palace is still nothing to sneeze at.

A team of about 150 restorers fuses scientific analysis and traditional techniques to clean, patch up and otherwise revive ...

ritual music instruments housed in the Palace Museum. Media has reported that Zhonghe Shaoyue was the imperial music of the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing dynasties, used for sacrifices, court ...