I’m still alive
Hello, I hope the new year has been good to you all. This'll be just a quick post to let you know what's happening. To be honest, news of my....
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December update (Merry Christmas!)
Regular visitors would probably know that every six months or so the Japanese Castle Explorer site (not this blog but the real site) gets a ....
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Trash-talking Samurai
Image: Japan Times I came across this interesting story (dated: 20 Nov) on the Japan Time website. It's about a nonprofit organization....
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Fuji san from Edo castle
CGI Mt. Fuji. Image: Yomiuri Online Within the grounds of Edo castle in Tokyo there exists an old watchtower named the Fujimi Turret (富士....
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Lightin’ up
Image credit: Yomiuri Online For a good cause Seems like castles all over Japan have been trying to out light up each other of late. And all....
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New map layers (edit)
Overlays for Google maps have been around for a long, long time. There have been Wikipedia overlays on the JCE map for quite a while but it ....
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Himeji Castle renovation is now underway
It was 9 a.m. on the 9th of October that the first steps were taken toward the restortation of Himeji castle's main tower. The five-and-....
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Nagoya Castle’s main tower to be rebuilt
Below in an article taken from the Mainichi Daily News. The story has since been removed from the Mainichi site so I thought I would reprodu....
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Nijo castle wedding anyone?
The first couple to be married at Nijo castle. It was post-wedding at the first wedding I had ever gone to. Members of the wedding party w....
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Folding screen of Hideyoshi’s Osaka Castle
Folding screen depicting Hideyoshi's Osaka Castle A friendship agreement now exists between Graz Palace in Austria & Osaka Castle. ....
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Hiji Castle
As we were planning to take the kids to the African Safari park in Oita, I though it'd be a shame to not drop by Hiji Castle (a.k.a Yokoku c....
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Zeze Castle
The first castle on my trip to the Kansai region was Zeze castle. After arriving in Kyoto I took the JR train to Zeze then a (tram-like) loc....
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Akashi Castle
I had a great time in the Kansai area this week, I was there just two days but the itinerary was planned out & very full. In this post I....
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Cherry blossoms at Fukuoka Castle
What a great day. Everything came together nicely, the weather, the cherry blossoms - a day off. It had been a while since I'd visited F....
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