https://en.japan-web-magazine.com Look beyond the cliche, reach for the real Japan - Wed, 08 Apr 2020 07:39:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://en.japan-web-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/cropped-apple-touch-icon-32x32.png https://en.japan-web-magazine.com 32 32 https://en.japan-web-magazine.com/aichi/castles/nagoya-castle Tue, 06 May 2014 18:17:32 +0000 http://japan-web-magazine.com/en/?p=106 Tenka Bushin   In 1610, the beginning of the Edo Period, Tokugawa Ieyasu (徳川家康) the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan…

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