City park with views on the site of former castle
Famous fortress in the heart of London.
Beautiful city at the foot of Japanese Northers Alps, home to a famous castle.
Reconstructed castle with nice traditional garden in Suwa city.
I visited Karatsu castle when I was in town for Karatsu Kunchi festival. I don’t remember for what reason (maybe because it was too early in the morning), the castle itself was closed…
My first visit to Saga prefecture. I went to see the Karatsu Kunchi festival (in Karatsu) and Saga International Balloon Fiesta (in Saga) which is a world class hot air balloon competition. This is the account of my first, unsuccessful attempt to catch the Saga balloons.
Kitsuki is a beautiful castle town not far from Beppu, on Kunisaki peninsula. There is a small reconstructed castle and 2 samurai districts with a few residences open to the public.
This post is part of a series called Japan 2016 I’ve been to Kokura before, very briefly at dusk, when the castle was already closed. This visit, almost 10 years…