Kawaraban (What's New)

March, 2024: New images have been added to “Edo no Taihen (great pivotal events of Edo)”(found in “The Great Edo Metropolis”).
January, 2022: "A Wish for the End of the Infectious Diseases" has been added to " Edo no Taihen (Great Pivotal Events of Edo)" (a part of The Great Edo Metropolis).
December, 2020: "Nishiki-e: Edo's Information Media" has been added to "Jihon and Ezōshi" (a part of the Great-Edo Culture collection).
December, 2020: New images have been added to “Great-Edo Gourmet”(found in “Great-Edo Style”) and “Cultural enlightenment' spots”(found in“A Visit in the Great Edo”).
March, 2019: Three new contents have been added to “A close-up on Edo castle” (found in “a visit in the great edo”).
March, 2019: New images have been added to “Grand Sumo Special”(found in “The Great-Edo Entertainment”) and “Urban development in Edo”(found in“The Great Edo Metropolis”).
March, 2018: "Rakugo Special" (found in "The Great-Edo Entertainment") has been added as new content.
April, 2017: Videos of "The Famous Spots of Edo"（Edo Meisho Zue）and "A Smash Hit for the Local Book Trade"（Atariyashita Jihon Doiya）have been released.
April, 2015: 20 images of spots on "Great-Edo Map" have been added.
March 28, 2014: 20 images of spots on 'Great-Edo Map’have been added.
April 25, 2013: 20 images of spots on 'Great-Edo Map’have been added.
April 25, 2012: ‘Great-Edo Map’ (found in ‘The Great-Edo Metropolis’) and ‘Great-Edo Database’ have been added.
The ‘Great-Edo Map’ shows images of how spots on the present day map used to look like during the Edo period.
The ‘Great-Edo Database’ allows you to search the Edo/ Tokyo data introduced in ‘Edo/ Tokyo Digital Museum’ by category or keyword. Please feel free to make use of these.
February 28, 2012: "The Great-Edo Metropolis" and "Saijiki", "Edo Games" have been added as new contents.
November 9, 2011: "Great-Edo Culture" and "A Visit in the Great Edo" have been added as new themes of the contents.
October 5, 2011: The website was officially launched.
Initial feature themes are "Great-Edo Entertainment" and "Great-Edo Style."