A simulated castle tower in Sumoto, Awaji Is., Hyogo Pref. （兵庫県淡路島・洲本城の模擬天守）
The castle is often a symbol of the city and is important for tourism, so it is often rebuilt with the exceptions of Tokyo and Kyoto mentioned before. Until the middle of the 20th century, Nagoya Castle in Nagoya was…
The towers of the castles in Tokyo and Kyoto have not been rebuilt（東京と京都の城は天守閣が未再建である）
The castle towers, where the lord lived in the castle, are the tallest building. However, after the 17th century, when peace continued, the castle towers have not been rebuilt after it disappeared due to fire. I stated that there are…
Original castle tower (2) -Inuyama Castle-（現存天守閣２ 犬山城）
Of the 12 original castle towers, the oldest is Inuyama Castle in Inuyama City, Aichi Prefecture. The castle was built in 1537, and although there have been major repairs since then, basically the architecture of that time remains. I have…
Flashy Kinkakuji Temple, sober Ginkakuji Temple（派手な金閣寺、地味な銀閣寺）
The entire surface of Kinkakuji Temple in Kyoto is covered with gold which is “Kin” in Japanese. On the other hand, there is also Ginkakuji. “Gin” is silver in Japanese. People would think that the whole surface was covered with…
Original castle tower（現存天守閣）
The shape of the castle varies from country to country. I think that Japanese castles are unique. These were built between the 16th and 19th centuries.There are 12 towers of the castles which the original ones before the Meiji Restoration…
Tasty conger and beautiful sunset in Nushima Island, Hyogo Prefecture (兵庫県沼島の鱧と夕日)
The Japanese archipelago consists of four mainlands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu, and many islands. Awaji Island in Hyogo Prefecture, which boasts the 7th largest size, has an island that can be said to belong to it. That is Nushima…
The inventor Edison and Kyoto Bamboo（発明王エジソンと京都の竹）
It seems that many people misunderstand that the person who invented the light bulb is Thomas A. Edison. Apart from the inventor, Edison is the person who commercialized the light bulb. It is known that the filament was successfully made…
New Zen Buddhism = Manpukuji Temple of Obaku Buddhism (Uji City, Kyoto Prefecture)新しい禅宗＝黄檗宗の萬福寺（京都府宇治市）
Of the Buddhist denominations that emphasize zazen in Japan, the Rinzai sect and the Soto sect have existed since the 13th century, while the Obaku sect is a new Buddhist sect that was opened in the 17th century with Chinese…
A free open-air hot spring in Beppu
I wrote about an hot spring which men and women bath together. But this time it’s a hot spring that women never enter. This is in a mountain from the Beppu hot spring town. Anyway, warm water is just soaking…
An easy and healthy dish in Beppu Onsen “Jigoku Mushi”（地獄蒸）
I like hot springs. I wrote some articles before. Beppu in Oita Prefecture is famous for hot springs nationwide, and is also called “Hot spring capital”. They say that there are the most types of hot springs in Japan. Here,…
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