Tea drinking was an important part of palace life. The Forbidden City was the imperial palace of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The tea drunk by the Royal Family was a tribute from the tea ...

You'd think the Imperial Palace would be mobbed with tourists, but it's not. You can credit the lack of crowds to an application policy, which limits the number of visitors. That's because the ...

The ward receives telephone inquiries about the parcel number of the Imperial Palace almost daily from newlyweds across the country, who list it as their “honseki,” or the place where one’s ...

Emperor Naruhito planted rice seeds at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on April 15 as part of annual tradition.He sowed ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito has planted rice seeds at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in an annual tradition to promote farming.

Explore 500 years of China's imperial history at the Forbidden City, a UNESCO World Heritage Site once home to 24 Ming and Qing emperors.

With streaming exclusivity wars seemingly at an all-time high, one of the season's best anime is more widely available than ...

Here are photos of the exterior at Budokan. Then, it was on to the Imperial Palace gardens. Unfortunately, we were unable to get an Imperial Palace tour booked. So... gotta come back to Japan ...

Emperor Naruhito met with Turkmenistan President Serdar Berdimuhamedov at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on April ...

Visit the palace's main website to plan your visit ... Also on the Schweizerhof and a must-visit is the Imperial Treasury (Kaiserliche Schatzkammer) – a dazzling collection which includes ...

Imperial meals in the Qing Palace were dominated by the Manchu cuisine, but they also included the Shandong and the Suzhou – Hangzhou cuisines. These three cuisines were influenced by and ...