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Japanese Castles I've Visited
Monday, Jun 1, 2009 12:26AM / Standard Album / Japanese Castles / Members only
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I don't seem to get excited by much these days.... but one thing I am crazy about is Japanese Castles. Once you visit one you gotta see more. This album has one picture for each castle I've visited in Japan. I try to visit a new one each time I go back.

私は日本お城ファンスです。毎回日本かえるも一度見て行く！

我是個日本城堡米.已經22個+看過!

Blog with many more photos and info from my more recent castle visits:

Saga Prefecture Castles (Kashima Castle ruins, Takezaki Castle, Hizen Inuyama Castle):
http://www.alivenotdead.com/etchy/Fukuoka-09-The-Castles-of-Saga-Prefecture-album-536054.html

Hikone Castle, Shiga Prefecture:
http://www.alivenotdead.com/etchy/Shiga+Trip-pt+4-Hikone+Castle-profile-145671.html
http://www.alivenotdead.com/etchy/Shiga+pt.+6+Hikonyan+the+castle-s+mascot-profile-151960.html

Azuchi Castle Ruins, Shiga Prefecture:
http://www.alivenotdead.com/etchy/Shiga+Trip-pt+5-Azuchi+Castle+Ruins-profile-149146.html

Minakuchi Castle Ruins, Shiga Prefecture:
http://www.alivenotdead.com/etchy/Shiga+Trip-pt+2-no+ninjas--profile-144571.html

Iwakuni Castle, Yamaguchi Prefecture:
http://www.alivenotdead.com/etchy/Iwakuni+Castle+and+the+Kintai+Bridge-profile-9034.html

Fukuyama Castle, Hiroshima Prefecture:
http://www.alivenotdead.com/etchy/Fukuyama+Castle-profile-8591.html

Marugame Castle, Kagawa Prefecture:
http://www.alivenotdead.com/etchy/Marugame+Castle-profile-8634.html

Nagoya Castle, Aichi Prefecture:
http://www.alivenotdead.com/etchy/Nagoya-Castle-profile-672526.html

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otan
posted on Saturday, Mar 7, 2009 10:27PM [Report]

な、なんてマイナーな・・・。 OMG....soooo minior place.....
地ピーしか知らないような場所に。 Only local people knows this place.
マニアっく度１２０％です。 Congras! You are JPNS castle maniac 120%.
sudori
posted on Saturday, Jul 5, 2008 1:18AM [Report]

Wow, Kumamoto Castle~~!!
Did you come here??
I live in Kumamoto~!
lluu
posted on Tuesday, Jun 24, 2008 1:22AM [Report]

woo! i've been there too! hotel had a perfect view... saw it every night before i went to sleep!
janechu
posted on Sunday, Jun 22, 2008 12:12AM [Report]

hehee... this is a fun picture... =)
Villea
posted on Saturday, Jun 21, 2008 9:58PM [Report]

This is a castle becoming the famous concert meeting place. I know only a name.
Though I am Japanese residence, there are a lot of castles which I do not know.
But I have been to only Shuri Castle(首里城) of Okinawa at sightseeing.
bleupluie
posted on Saturday, Jun 21, 2008 7:15PM [Report]

i guess this album is gonna be updated from time to time? i thought i've seen something like this before?

p/s some correction: 我是個日本城堡 "迷". "已經看過"19個!
an_aoii
posted on Saturday, Jun 21, 2008 5:34PM [Report]

i need New Castle >>> ha ha ha ... Great , etchy , you have a great vocation in this trip ^^
zuzu
posted on Saturday, Dec 8, 2007 6:54PM [Report]

in Japan ,a person favorite a castle like you called　お城オタク（otaku)...so~rry! haha!

wow!
This is Nakatsu Castle!
Nakatsu is my partner 's hometown!
Do you know ?
This Castle is put up for sale now !!
Etchy
posted on Wednesday, Oct 17, 2007 7:09PM

oka jyo was probably the coolest location of all because of the location,even w/o a tower, to build the foundation there must have been a huge burden...
dragontattoo
posted on Wednesday, Oct 17, 2007 7:05PM [Report]

I love castles, it's the history behind them that always gets me, these are beautiful, but my favourite is the Fukoka and oka castle ruins, don't know why really, I guess because out of all, they have seen the most.
Philip Ng
posted on Thursday, Sep 13, 2007 9:00PM [Report]

those castles rock! I'm hoping to goto Japan for vacation next year, and I'm definately coming to you for traveling tips before I go :)
Wildorchid
posted on Saturday, Aug 18, 2007 3:13PM [Report]

seems very interesting, so many temples in Japan alone... i must go there ...
Etchy
posted on Saturday, Aug 4, 2007 2:56AM

actually i enjoy the earthworks design more than just the 天守 design. (don't let these pictures fool you!) Kumamoto castle has an amazing series of walls and motes!
bleupluie
posted on Saturday, Aug 4, 2007 12:29AM [Report]

this title definitely glued me to the monitor with immediate effect...
i'm a castle fan, more of a European Castle fan tho, maybe Chinese-influenced Asian Castles look more or less like temples, but some Japanese Castles have really nice landscaping!
if i ever visit one, i think i'll take hundreds of shoots...i'll take whatever comes into view that is interesting...i'm crazy...all my friends think i am...i take pictures everywhere, even when i'm in the streets and i see something amusing...
this is the wonders of digicams...unlimited films...i can never go back to using a 35mm camera with 36-images film strip...nooo waaay...
Etchy
posted on Wednesday, Jul 18, 2007 5:18PM

you can get pretty far in Japan w/ only understanding kanji. stuff like signs and place names. better than most westerners!
HuisyG
posted on Wednesday, Jul 18, 2007 5:03PM [Report]

Should have learnt Japanese. I can only identify the Kanji characters...
Etchy
posted on Wednesday, Jun 27, 2007 11:15AM

w00t! i just added three more. up to 19! ;-)
bobbyty
posted on Wednesday, Jun 6, 2007 10:48PM [Report]

There's an old song I like called Ghost Castle or something. Do you know it? Kind of a haunting song with sad lyrics.
Etchy
posted on Monday, May 28, 2007 9:33AM

there are actually lots more. that is just a few of them!
JRS
posted on Monday, May 28, 2007 9:24AM [Report]

Wow! I didn't know there were so many Japanese castles! What a great experience for you to visit them. Thank you for sharing your pics.

P.S. Who ARE those three Ninjas? *razz*
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