This was our first school trip as international students and it was to Himeji Castle in Himeji (duh) which is in Hyogo prefecture, so about and hour or over from Osaka. The castle itself was beautiful and large. The gardens had various different paths and it was all delicatly laid out. Sometimes the path that seemed to lead to the main castle went in a different direction - this was a defensive attempt to confuse anyone trying to invade. There are also lots of gates (which are made of metal and not wood) that you have to go through, which had two purposes - to prevent the spread of fire, and to hinder the enemy and stab them from above!
We climbed up the inside of the tower. An interesting note is that from the outside it looks as if there are 5 floors to the castle, but there actually 6. This hidden floor was once again to confuse people invading! Throughout all the castle there are signets and markings of all the different people that helped to build the castle (these are the small dark circle things).
We climbed up the inside of the tower. An interesting note is that from the outside it looks as if there are 5 floors to the castle, but there actually 6. This hidden floor was once again to confuse people invading! Throughout all the castle there are signets and markings of all the different people that helped to build the castle (these are the small dark circle things).
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