We are learning how history tends to repeat itself, especially for the royal women of Japan, namely, Kazunomiya AKA Chikako, Princess Kazu. We explore the history of Japan during the Edo period - arts, culture, food, and an interesting class structure while embarking on a side tangent into medical mysteries that could explain the collapse of the Tokugawa shogunate. Follow us for more research, fun facts, soundtracks, and aesthetic posts https://linktr.ee/RoyalDiariesPodcast