Samurai

After an Englishmen was killed by a samurai here in 1862, a two-day war changed the course of Japanese history.

Legend says that a swarm of centipedes and snakes once crawled out of the tomb of this cursed princess.

The location of the site of one of the defining battles of feudal Japan is being fought over by two neighboring cities.

Here lies Hattori Hanzō, a samurai who is remembered as a legendary ninja in today’s popular culture.

Descendants of the samurai who guarded Matsusaka Castle during the Edo period still live in these charming historic houses (and visitors can enter one of them for free).

The alleged site of the months-long imprisonment of a Japanese prince.

Why does this Italian coastal city have a statue of a 17th-century samurai?

Dedicated to the armor and weapons used by the legendary Japanese warriors.

A peculiar samurai statue overlooks the center of Brno.

A Japanese cat island also populated by the descendants of a band of banished samurai.

This beautiful Japanese garden is a memorial to the samurai who literally wrote the book on business as martial art.

The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.