A museum packed with samurai weapons and armor stands near the iconic Kintaikyo Bridge in Iwakuni, a short drive from the ...

It was only a matter of time, but a company in Fukuoka, Japan is now making samurai armor for pets. The company, known as “Samurai Age,” also crafts made-in-Japan miniature armor for dolls and bottles ...

Designed by L.A. architect Kulapat Yantrasast, it features a dim room with blood-red ceilings (a lighting effect) with a procession of armor from the age of the samurai in Japan (12th to 19th ...

The samurai belonged to the intellectual elite of Japanese society and practiced creative disciplines like calligraphy and poetry that often contrasted with the violent nature of battle. The warrior ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Save your pennies and head to Japan, because that’s where you’re going to find Batman samurai ...

Opening on Saturday, a new exhibition at the VMFA brings one of the world’s largest collections of Japanese samurai armor to town. “Samurai Armor from the Collection of Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller ...

“Throne of Blood,” Akira Kurosawa’s eloquently stylized 1957 reimagining of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” as a 16th century Japanese samurai saga, hovers in the flushed, rosy atmosphere of a new exhibition ...

Toyotomi Hideyoshi was a samurai badass. We have his battle armor to prove it. At one time the de facto ruler of Japan, Hideyoshi (1537-1581) was one of the most celebrated and victorious warlords of ...

June 7 (UPI) --Pets of all shapes and sizes can now live out their dreams of looking like medieval Japanese warriors. Japanese retailer Samurai Age, which specializes in novelty samurai apparel, ...

Walking or running in a full suit of samurai armor is not the easiest thing in the world. Swimming in it is even harder, but that’s exactly what some in Japan are doing. For fun. “It’s heavy, and it’s ...