miscellaneous rambling

Kumomoto Castle is one of the “big 3” castles in Japan. The others are Himeji ( in Osaka), and Matsumoto ( in Matsumoto ). We’ve been to Matsumoto, which is the oldest, complete castle in Japan. Kumomoto castle is much larger, and has many buildings surrounding the proper castle. It was impressive in size, but unfortunately the castle was being repaired and so the tops of the towers were covered in scaffolding. On the inside, they also limited the visitor’s access areas, and so the visit was shortened.

For me, the most impressive part of the castle was how impregnable it felt. The castle stands on a hill overlooking the city. It has an outer moat and wall, and then there is a large ditch on the inside as well. The castle is on the inside of that with massive concave sloped walls.

One would come to the castle to storm it, and just look and turn around and go home and have a beer.

My photo doesn't do it justice. Sorry