Seen one castle...seen them all?

Iwakuni Castle is the third castle I've seen in Japan now. Like all other castles (or so it seems) it was reconstructed to its present state in 1962. This is Alexis and Heather relaxing in front of the castle. The castle did offer a fun cable car ride to reach it, as it sits on a hill, and a lovely view of Iwakuni!

Iwakuni...home of one of "Japan's three famous bridges"

October 9th 2005
As this was another long weekend in Japan, the country for long weekends (hurrah!) a day trip was in order. Heather, Alexis, Jennifer (fellow Assistant Language Teachers from Hiroshima prefecture) and I decided to spend the day in the city of Iwakuni. It was a mere 45-minute train ride from the city centre of Hiroshima, and before we knew it, we were in the entirely new prefecture of Yamaguchi ( ... read more

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In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fol... ... read more

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