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In a quiet corner of Shiga Prefecture, on the slopes of a thickly forested hill overlooking Lake Biwa, I came… READ MORE
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In this post, I’ll take you to the ruins of a hilltop castle in Hyōgo Prefecture: a place where stone… READ MORE
I’d been to Nagoya Castle a couple of times already, but there was something in particular that I was itching… READ MORE
I’ve mentioned before how some of Japan’s long-destroyed Edo Period castles are now being reconstructed using historically faithful materials and… READ MORE
There are just twelve original castles remaining in Japan, four of which are on the island of Shikoku. I visited… READ MORE
I’m no stranger to Okayama, or its castle, or its magnificent garden. And there’s certainly a lot that one can… READ MORE
I’m not an admirer of the Forty-seven Rōnin. I’ve done a fair bit of research on this famous 18th-century tale… READ MORE
In my previous post, we had a look at one of Japan’s twelve remaining original castles. On my way back… READ MORE
There are scores of castles scattered all across Japan, but only twelve of them still have their original tenshu (main… READ MORE
"People ask me what I do in the winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."
~ Rogers Hornsby
