The Wandering Scot
An occasional travel journal
Tokyo
Tokyo-jo Castle Remnants
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| Ote-mon Gate
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| Ote-mon Gate
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| Fujimi-yagura Tower
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| Base for old Keep
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| Original Guardhouse
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Tokyo: Senso-ji Shrine
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| Senso-ji shrine: entrance
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| A very Japanese sign
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| Aakusa Shrine
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| Aakusa Shrine
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Tokyo: Meiji-jingu shrine, set in parkland
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| Meiji-jingu shrine: Sake offerings
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Tokyo: National Museum
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| Merrymaking under Blossom Trees (NT)(17th c)
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| Deep Bowl, 3000-2000 BC
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| Clay Figurine, 3000-2000 BC
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| Mandala of Deer of Kasuga Shrine (16th c)
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| 17th c Samurai Armor
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| Tachi Sword, Tomonari, 12th c
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| Tachi Sword, Sukezane, NT, 13th c
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| Naginata 14th c
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| Tanto Sword, Yoshimitsu, 13th c
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| Katana, attributed to Masamune, 14th c
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| Katana, attributed to Masamune, 14th c
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Tokyo: Ueno Tushuga shrine
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| Ueno Zoo Aardvarks
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Around Tokyo
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| Monument to the WWII Tokyo Bombings
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| Shrine/Memorial to the WWII Tokyo Bombings
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| National Diet
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| 57 miles East of Matsumoto
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| 27 miles NE of Matsumoto
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| 16 miles NE of Matsumoto
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Matsumoto
Matsumoto-jo
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| Hidden (windowless) floor
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| Top Floor
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| Fire-Repelling Fish
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Around Matsumoto
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| Cherry Blossom revellers
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| Entrance to Frog Street
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| Matsumoto Timepiece Museum
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| 53 miles NW of Matsumoto
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Kanazawa
Kanazawa-jo
Kanazawa-jo castle is mostly a rebuild, with only a few restored original structures.
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| Kanzawa-jo (rebuilt)
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| Rebuilt gate
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| Ishikawa Gate (restored)
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| Ishikawa Gate
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| Ishikawa Gate
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Kenroku-en Gardens
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| Castle from Kenroku-en Gardens
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| Myouryuji, aka Nijadera, the “Ninja Temple� (1643)
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Old Samuari District
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| Old Samurai house (1)
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| Old Samurai house (1)
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| Takada family house: garden
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| Nomura Clan home
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| Nomura Clan home
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| Nomura Clan home
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| Nomura Clan home
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| Nomura Clan home: Garden
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| Nomura Clan home: Garden
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Hikone-jo
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| Note the roof beams
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| Covered over gun slits
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| View to corner tower
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| Corner tower (away from main keep)
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| Gatehouse Complex
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Osaka-jo
The keep is a modern ferro-concrete rebuild, but the moat and layout are authentic.
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| Note the accessibility elevator
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Himeji-jo
Inuyama-jo
Hard to fully appreciate close up, but beautiful from across the river.
Nagoya-jo
The main keep is a rebuild, but the corner towers are original.
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| Palanquin
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Nara
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| Sacred Deer
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| Todai-ji Shrine
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| Squirming through a pillar...
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| Easy for some!
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| Kauga-Taisha
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| Kauga-Taisha
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| Please feed the deer!
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| Kofuku-ji Shrine: Five-Storey Pagoda (1426)
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| Kofuku-ji Shrine
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| Kofuku-ji Shrine
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Kyoto
Kyoto: Nijo Castle
The keep burned down in 1750 and was never replaced.
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| Base of old keep
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Kyoto: Kinkaku-ji shrine
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| Golden pavilion
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| Golden pavilion
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| Kinkaku-ji shrine: Crowds
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Kyoto: Ginkaku-ji Shrine
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| Route to Ginkaku-ji shrine
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| Original Ginkaku-ji shrine (1482) (NT)
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| Kogetsudae
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Kyoto: To-ji Temple
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| Five-Storey Pagoda (1644)
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| Kon-do Hall (NT)
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| Ko-do Hall
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Kyoto: Kiyomizi-Dera Temple
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| Famous viewing terrace
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| Under Rennovation
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Kyoto: Fushimi-Inari Taisha Shrine
A sprawling shrine complex, to Inari, the Goddess of rice, who uses foxes as her messengers.
The site is famous for its thousands of vermillion torii gates.
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| There are thousands of Torii gates
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| ... and hundreds of fox altars
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Around Kyoto
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| All Hail the Japan Rail Pass!
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| Higashi Honganji
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| Hōkanji Temple
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| Chion-in Gate
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| Chion-in: Main hall closed for rennovations
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Matsue
Matsue-jo
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| Ishiotoshi: Slots for dropping stones, etc.
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Matsue: Jozan-Inari-Jinja Shrine
Another shrine to Inari, Goddess of rice.
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| Jozan-Inari-Jinja Shrine
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| Many, many, fox statues
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Around Matsue
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| My room at Ohashikan ryokan
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| Mysterious modern statue
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| Matsue Castle, in Lego
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| Protective fish, in Lego
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Hiroshima
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| “A-Bomb Dome”
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| “A-Bomb Dome”
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| Memorial Park
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| Memorial flame
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| Hiroshima-jo (rebuilt)
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| Common Japan sidewalk feature: guide strips
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Miyajima
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| Itsukushima shrine (on stilts)
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| Famous "Floating Torii"
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| Seniyokaku Five-storied Pagoda
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| Hazy views from mountain top
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Fukuoka/Hakata
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| Tocho-ji temple
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| Hakata International Ferry Terminal
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| Beetle Ferry to Korea
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