Iehiro noted that Edo culture is especially admired in Europe and the United States, so much so that cultural assets from the period are stored and exhibited all over the world. “Japan’s ...

The estimated average height of Japanese men reached ... as refrigerators in the Edo Period, people preserved meat by hanging it on sunless north-facing walls of a house.

The Edo period of Japanese history is named after ... It’s this rule that makes the Japanese imperial house the longest-running monarchy in the modern world – 1,200+ years and counting.