All Omakase Menus

All introductory menus

• Japanese History: Start HereFour readings to get your bearings: the periods, the map, the people in power and the shogunates. An optional gallery of twelve lives puts faces to the story.
• Warriors, Castles and the Making of PowerBegin with Nobunaga, Hideyoshi and Ieyasu, then look inside the castle offices and households that sustained warrior rule.
• Shrines, Festivals and Everyday BeautyA tea bowl, a festival and a garden offer ways into the people and practices behind familiar images of Japanese culture.
• Across the Seas: Japan and a Changing WorldFollow scriptures, ceramics and trading ships, then an overseas mission and the reforms that reached into ordinary households.