This is very beautiful. The castle and surrounding buildings are gorgeous. I love the Koi symbol and the hats at the end!
Congratulations on 600 followers - you clearly deserve it! I just became #600-and-something (I am sure you are way past 601 at this point.)
My father lived in Japan for 6 years in Tokai, south of Tokyo.
I visited him and I asked him if we could go to Hikone Castle (彦根城 Hikone-jō) on Lake Biwa
because I heard it was very beautiful and it also had an exhibit of Noh masks
(I am a huge fan of antique masks!) It was fantastic - there was a moat with white and black swans.
I think your castle though was better because it showed more about the life inside the castle and had the models of the men pulling the stones with ropes and many other things. What is that big wooden barrel in the picture? It is the second picture after you write, "We already come inside the Castle."
I would love to go back to Japan and travel all over the country seeing all the castles.
I look forward to following you and reading more!
Thanks, I really appreciate your comment here, I love your pictures... I think I must visit the Hikone Castle as well! followed you, buddy...hope to see your future blog post!
Thank you very much! It was a nice castle - and I loved seeing Lake Biwa as well.