William Adams, the first Englishman in Japan, who worked for the Shogun, became the first and only foreign feudal samurai lord in Japanese history. This stroll retrace his novel like life in Edo.
Wiliam Adams's outstanding insight contributed greatly to the fledgling Tokugawa
shogunate amidst a difficult international situation.
He died in Japan in Hirado (present-day Nagasaki Prefecture) in 1620.
Many biographies have been written, and in recent years, a television drama starring
Wiliam Adams, “Shogun” (based on the 1975 novel “Shogun” by James Clavel), was
produced in the United States and released in 2024, winning numerous awards and
gaining popularity.
This walking tour traces the legacy he left to Japanese society and his
outstanding character, focusing on places around Tokyo Station associated with Wiliam Adams.
