Osaka Castle is one of Japan's largest, covering over 100ha. The 30m stone walls and 90m moat are impressive. Why was such a huge castle needed? Learn about the powerful daimyo who moved history.

The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), an advisory body to UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee, has supported Japan ... Castle’s significance within the network of daimyo ...

a form of classical Japanese comic theater. Sasayama Castle was built in 1609, during the early Edo Period. It is famed for being designed by Todo Takatora (1556-1630), a daimyo warlord ...

In addition to its famed castle, the city hosted Japan’s greatest ever swordsman ... After the Kato clan was replaced by the Hosokawa in 1632, the daimyo lord of the castle Hosokawa Tadatoshi ...