Yesterday some other Hyogo JETs and I went to see Himeji Castle. It’s supposed to be the best castle in Japan, due to the fact that it almost entirely original rather than concrete reconstruction. I haven’t seen any other castles here yet, so I can’t really say for sure whether I think its the best, but it was really nice so I sorta doubt there is a better one hiding somewhere. It was a lot bigger than I expected it to be, and they built it so that it takes forever to actually get up to the main tower. It seems like every feature was designed to make it hard to get into, and then it was never even attacked. We also went to a little museum, it was all in Japanese, but there were some interesting things to look at. Here are the pictures:
August 27, 2007 at 7:47 pm |
surpisingly this mask is less creepy than your toast one…