Kakegawa, Japan

... its prominent castle propped up on the peak of a hill just north of the station. Like the vast majority of other castles in Japan, Kakegawa-jō is a modern reconstruction, but with a catch. Built up in the hoary year of 1993 (!), it was in fact the ...

For three days we have more speeches and workshops, this time in Kakegawa. It's a good chance to meet up with some JETs, and we also get to participate in a traditional tea ceremony.

... south to the Shizuoka Prefecture.  We went to the Greenpia Makinohara factory, then to the Dragon Rock Cave (Ryugasido) and Kakegawa Castle. It took over 2 hours to get down to the factory.  The area is rich in green tea and apparently the ...