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Castles and Yakatori
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Japan Day 4
Arriving in Matsumoto just before midday, we had a short walk to the Matsumoto Richmond Hotel, where we dumped our bags and set off for the castle.
Matsumoto Castle was a large and impressive looking black and white castle that we explored the inside of. Climbing numerous steep stairways and dodging low …
Japan stop over
On our way to America we had an 11 hour stop over in Japan. The boys and I thought we'd get a visa for the day and go for a look around Japan. The speed train took us directly to the city from Narito airport which was roughly an hour away. The train ride was a bit expensive setting us back about $100 AUS each but very much worth the experience, not many people can say they have experienced sushi in ...
The oldest castle in Japan
We've spent one night in Matsumoto, at a nice little hostel that gave us bikes for free! So we explored Matsumoto, which is not very big and very "bike-friendly", and visited Matsumoto Castle. It is the oldest castle in Japan and one of the four National Treasures of Japan. It is definitely impressive! We went up to the sixth floor on very steep staircases, with a nice Japanese tour ...
Suwa lake and geyser
... with endless snack bars, shops, car showrooms etc. There seems to be little planning control here as these corridors all blur into one.
Back at the hotel a friend had somewhat belatedly asked us to pick up some traditional Japanese tabi boots. Joan knew these were worn by agricultural workes (as well as ninjas) and we found an old dusty shop that sold workwear staffed by an old gentleman. He dusted of ...
Matsumoto city and castle
... and came across a shrine, Jyorinji, which had huge papier-mache dogs. Nearby was the karakuri clock which we photgraphed but didn't realised it opened and had figures in it, on the hour.
Nearer to our hotel we checked out the Station quarter that was crammed with small restaurants and dodgy hostess bars.
Then, it came on raining, and we headed back to our hotel for cover. We watched cyclists in the rain with ...
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