Ernest Mason Satow

Entertainment News Dec 30, 2016

British envoy, Japan Times turn tide in NHK history drama

by Daisuke Kikuchi

Japanese love watching historical dramas, and one of the most popular times portrayed is the final years of the Edo Period (1603-1868), when the nation went through dramatic change politically, diplomatically and socially with the fall of the shogunate. In many cases, such TV shows, ...

Travel Dec 5, 2015

Oku-Nikko: Once home from home for Japan's diplomats

by Daisuke Kikuchi

‘One of the principal points to which travelers will direct their steps is the Lake of Chuzenji,” writes Ernest Mason Satow (1843-1929) in “A Guide Book To Nikko,” the first English tourist guide of the area published in 1875. Satow, a British diplomat and ...