The Meiji Shrine is a Shinto (Japan's original religion) shrine dedicated to Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken. Japanese history credits Meiji for modernizing Japan by incorporating Western ...

It features buildings from Japan’s Meiji era (1868-1912), Taisho era (1912-1926) and early Showa era (1926-1989). Each of these periods begins with the coronation of a new emperor and usually ...

In January 1904, the situation between Japan and Russia had grown tense. The Emperor Meiji is deeply concerned, for Russia has started to build an invincible fortress at Port Arthur, and the ...