Osakajo! Osaka Castle!!!!!!!! I really want to see it, can't believe I didn't get the chance last time I was in Japan, this is the castle that first awoke my interest in Japan (kinda've) as it appears in Samurai Warriors 2 the game and was alongside the Incident at Honnoji and Sekigahara the first scenes of Japan that I saw in any form.
I like that few or none of your pics are in Tokyo. There is so much more to Japan. If I ever visited, I might fly in to Tokyo, but I would immediately leave for Kyoto or Osaka, or somewhere I'd never heard of.
Around the time I took these photos, I had very little chance to go to Tokyo. Although Tokyo and Kyoto have a well-established image as symbolic places of Japan and are very attractive, I agree with your plan.
Just as there is much more of the USA than New York, Hollywood and Disneyland. If I went to Japan, I would like to find a place where traditional pottery and kintsugi are practiced, where the old Japan lingers, with no skyscrapers or salary-men.
Beautiful pictures
Thank you so much!
Osakajo! Osaka Castle!!!!!!!! I really want to see it, can't believe I didn't get the chance last time I was in Japan, this is the castle that first awoke my interest in Japan (kinda've) as it appears in Samurai Warriors 2 the game and was alongside the Incident at Honnoji and Sekigahara the first scenes of Japan that I saw in any form.
Thank you for these shashin Shimizu-san!
When you come to Japan, be sure to visit Osaka Castle. The people of Osaka still feel close to Toyotomi Hideyoshi and call him Taiko-san.
Subarashii, I kind of like Sanada Yukimura Nobushige more than Toyotomi Hideyoshi though.
I like that few or none of your pics are in Tokyo. There is so much more to Japan. If I ever visited, I might fly in to Tokyo, but I would immediately leave for Kyoto or Osaka, or somewhere I'd never heard of.
Around the time I took these photos, I had very little chance to go to Tokyo. Although Tokyo and Kyoto have a well-established image as symbolic places of Japan and are very attractive, I agree with your plan.
Just as there is much more of the USA than New York, Hollywood and Disneyland. If I went to Japan, I would like to find a place where traditional pottery and kintsugi are practiced, where the old Japan lingers, with no skyscrapers or salary-men.
Lovely to see the blossom near the castle wall, a beautiful contrast between strong/delicate and long-standing/ephemeral
It was raining that day, so the flowers looked even more sexy.