Since 2019, Shirobito, a Japanese online media platform specialising in castles, compiles an annual list of Japan’s top 20 ...

This time we visit Shizuoka Prefecture ... Tokugawa Ieyasu brought the best artisans across Japan to this region when he built Sumpu Castle. It led to the creation of a unique craft culture.

An ornamental gate at Omaha’s Lauritzen Gardens — a replica of part of Shizuoka’s historic Sunpu Castle — was a gift from Omaha’s sister city in 2005. Lauritzen Gardens added a Japanese ...