#meijiera — Public Fediverse posts

Why Does Japan Have So Many Last Names Compared to China and Korea?

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://unseen-japan.com/japan-surnames-china-korea/

For over a century, Japan's newest luxury lodging didn't welcome guests — it confined convicts. Now, the Hoshinoya Nara Prison hotel and adjacent museum offer a quiet reflection on incarceration, freedom and hope. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2026/08/08/travel/hoshinoya-nara-prison-hotel-meiji-period-architecture-travel/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #travel #hotels #nara #finedining #japaneseprisons #meijiera

Edo-Tokyo Museum Exhibition Traces Roots of Western Architecture in Japan

WESTERN-STYLE ARCHITECTURE IN JAPAN is the latest exhibition to be held at the recently renovated Edo-Tokyo Museum in…
#EuropeSays #Japan #JP #Tokyo #bunmei-kaika #Culture #edo-tokyomuseum #giyofu-kenchiku #history #josiahconder #meijiera #tokyostation #westernarchitecture
https://www.europesays.com/japan/62753/

Why There’s an 11-Meter Goddess Inside This Tokyo Department Store

I’m not generally a fan of department stores. They’re proliferating in Tokyo, knocking down local history and flavor…
#EuropeSays #Japan #JP #Tokyo #Architecture #art #Buddhism #history #meijiera #Religion #shopping
https://www.europesays.com/japan/62121/

Why There’s an 11-Meter Goddess Inside This Tokyo Department Store

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://unseen-japan.com/mitsukoshi-tennyo-statue-sato-gengen/

Japan Turned A 100-Year-Old Prison Into A Luxury Hotel. Now Guests Are Paying To Sleep In Its Former Cells

Front entrace of HOSHINOYA Nara Prison Hoshinoya Hotels Nara is known for its ancient temples, free-roaming deer, and…
#EuropeSays #Japan #JP #Hoshinoya #HoshinoyaNaraPrison #KeijiroYamashita #meijiera #Nihon
https://www.europesays.com/japan/48496/

[Insider] Urine Nation: Japan’s 150-Years-Long War Against Peeing in Public

We always hear that people in Japan follow the rules. That’s why people are polite and the streets…
#EuropeSays #Japan #JP #edoera #history #manners #meijiera #shinto #showaera #toilet #westernization
https://www.europesays.com/japan/47422/

[Insider] Urine Nation: Japan’s 150-Years-Long War Against Peeing in Public

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://unseen-japan.com/japan-outlawed-public-urination/

Kanji Forever? Why Japan Still Uses Chinese Characters, But Korea Mostly Doesn’t

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://unseen-japan.com/japan-kanji-korea-hanja-abolition/

🚂✨ OMG, ANOTHER MAP ANIMATION! Watch as 9,300 Japanese train stations bloom like cherry blossoms in a virtual time-lapse of railway "innovation." Because who doesn't want to spend their day watching dots pop up on a screen while pretending to be a train enthusiast from the Meiji era? 😅🎌
https://jivx.com/eki #trainanimation #cherryblossoms #railwayinnovation #MeijiEra #JapanHacks #virtualtimelapse #HackerNews #ngated

Suzuki Masa: The Samurai’s Daughter Who Helped Found Modern Japanese Nursing

NHK’s 2026 morning drama Kaze, Kaoru has brought renewed attention to the early days of modern nursing in Japan. The show follows two heroines, one modeled on the well-known Ōzeki Chika and the other on a far less f…
#Japan #JP #JapanNews #Biography #drama #history #medicine #MeijiEra #news #nhk #samurai #women;
https://www.alojapan.com/1491918/suzuki-masa-the-samurais-daughter-who-helped-found-modern-japanese-nursing/

https://www.alojapan.com/1491918/suzuki-masa-the-samurais-daughter-who-helped-found-modern-japanese-nursing/ Suzuki Masa: The Samurai’s Daughter Who Helped Found Modern Japanese Nursing #Biography #drama #history #Japan #JapanNews #medicine #MeijiEra #news #nhk #samurai #women; NHK’s 2026 morning drama Kaze, Kaoru has brought renewed attention to the early days of modern nursing in Japan. The show follows two heroines, one modeled on the well-known Ōzeki Chika and the other on a far less familiar figure: Suzuki Masa. In the drama, the fictiona

Media Veteran to Students: Hope Comes From the Past https://www.byteseu.com/2057215/ #EdoPeriod #HideakiOta #history #Japan #MeijiEra #MeijiRestoration #students

Why Are More Japanese Girls Calling Themselves “Boku”?

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://unseen-japan.com/japanese-girls-boku-pronoun/

“#Japan1896 #MeijiEra #HistoryInColor Tokyo, 1896. We are invited into a private, sun-drenched garden to witness a sc... / “(1896, 4K, 60fps) A Quiet Moment in Meiji Japan: Tea and Family Life.” (1 user) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_0hfPKhOTQ

From 17th-century merchants to Meiji fiction, the humble umbrella traces commerce, belief and loneliness across Japanese history. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/06/japan/history/umbrella-japanese-history/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #meijiera #thetaleofgenji #umbrellas #mitsui

Hand-colored photo of a newsman, Meiji-era Japan, 1870s

https://piefed.social/c/historyphotos/p/1746270/hand-colored-photo-of-a-newsman-meiji-era-japan-1870s

VINTAGE POSTCARD Japanese Japan Well-read men

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Why Netflix’s ‘Last Samurai Standing’ Returns for Season 2

Netflix announced the renewal of the Japanese period action series Last Samurai Standing. The streaming giant gave the green light for a second season after the show topped its global charts. Fans now know that the story will continue to unfold in the Meiji era....

#ActionDrama #Ikusagami #Japaneseseries #LastSamuraiStanding #Meijiera #netflix #Season2renewal

Hand-colored photo of firefighters showing off in Meiji-era Japan, late 1800s

Two Ainu men with a Japanese ronin (right), ~1866

Japanese officers and French military advisers, Boshin War, Japan, 1868-1869

Japanese officers and French military advisers, Boshin War, Japan, 1868-1869

The Last Samurai Standing Trailer is here, and it’s a wild mix of samurai action and survival drama! Check out our breakdown of this Meiji-era epic, hitting Netflix Nov 13.

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#LastSamuraiStanding #NetflixSeries #SamuraiAction #MeijiEra #BattleRoyale #JapaneseDrama #ActionSeries #Netflix2025 #Ikusagami #JunichiOkada

Hidden Wonders | Explore Meiji-Era Elegance at Osaka’s Former Public Hall

このページを 日本語 で読む Meiji-era Japan (1868–1912) was a time of rapid Westernization. This influence reached even architecture.…
#Japan #JP #Osaka #architecture #EmperorMeiji #hiddenwonders #hiddenwondersofjapan #historicaltourism #importantculturalproperty #MeijiEra #MeijiPeriod #news #osakanews #osakatourism #retro #大阪 #大阪府
https://www.alojapan.com/1308429/hidden-wonders-explore-meiji-era-elegance-at-osakas-former-public-hall/

An entrepreneur and local art patron built what is now the Nikko Kanaya Hotel over 150 years ago, making it the oldest Western resort hotel in Japan. Today it stands as the epitome of the culture-blending artistic and architectural tradition of its day. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2024/07/10/art/nikko-kanaya-hotel-art/ #culture #art #nikkokanayahotel #nikko #tochigiprefecture #meijiera

Two Buddhist monks, Ryokan and Santoka, separated by decades but both with a knack for expressing their chosen paths in prose. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/14/japan/history/ryokan-santoka-zen-monks-history/ #japan #history #zen #buddhism #ryokan #santokataneda #meijiera #poetry

Kano Hōgai - Two Dragons (in Clouds), ink on paper, c. 1885 #KanoHogai #Kano Hōgai #dragon #dragons #art #Japaneseart #Kanōschool #Japan #Meijiera