A single oyster escabeche, marinated overnight and topped with tiny cubes of dashi gelatin and pearls of Belgian caviar, arrives on a porcelain plate flanked by fresh, tender Brussels sprouts ohitashi ...

Most people are well aware that the Edo shogunate’s seat of power was Edo Castle, but what of the Kamakura shogunate? The focus of NHK’s new historical taiga drama serial Kamakura-dono no 13-nin (The ...

Among the numerous statues of Buddha in Kamakura, the seated bronze statue of Amida Nyorai (Amitābha) at the temple Kōtokuin is the only one designated a national treasure. Familiarly known as the ...

A condominium development project near the site of a historic 13th-century shogun's office has sparked controversy in a popular Japanese tourist destination. The location, once central to the Hojo ...

There's a scene in Junichiro Tanizaki's serialized novel "Naomi" (originally titled "A Fool's Love") from 1924 where the besotted protagonist, Joji, watches his wife, Naomi — part Lolita, part Madame ...

At Alameda’s corner of Santa Clara Avenue and Broadway and named for a city that centuries ago served as the de facto capital of Japan, Kamakura was a go-to restaurant for lovers of Japanese cuisine ...

People visit the historical drama museum that was set up at Kamakura Bunkakan Tsurugaoka Museum on the grounds of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine, in the Yukinoshita area of Kamakura. (Mainichi/Shigeyuki ...