today we leave Hiroshima to go to Himeji where is the oldest castle in Japan
we have left the luggage in the luggage because as we're just going to visit the castle and it's
a passing site so we have to use this so as not to carry suitcases
it's 700 yen from 11 to 7 in the afternoon so there will be no problem
today on the way to Kyoto we have stopped in Himeji to visit the oldest castle in Japan
here at the train station they have a model from all the castle grounds
on the street leaving the station from Himeji we found a taekwondo exhibition
to get to the castle you just have to follow an avenue all in a straight line
the Japanese are so sweet that they take advantage any place to put super posters
funny cartoons, manga drawings, super friendly dolls
even in the fences of work
as they are of works have put provisional
about the blind, is stuck with a seal but they have bothered to put it on so that
can travel like everyone else
Well, here we have Himeji Castle
It is the oldest castle in Japan and it is the original because during the second war
worldwide several bombs fell but they did not arrive to explode, so the castle stays
intact from its origins
the entrance to the castle is 1000 yen per person,
1040 with the garden included
the castle of Himeji is the structure of
Japan's tallest wood, it has an appearance very showy that makes it unique in the world
on some of its tiles there are blazons that are the family coats of all the families
who have been living in the castle
The whole area is full of cherry trees
in spring it must be fantastic and in addition they are super big
I do not know if there should be centenary cherry trees but because of the big trunks they look very old
When the samurai era ended, a law came out of abandonment of castles and all those
castles that were not owned by the army They had to be sold at auction
and this castle sold for 23.5 yen ago 150 years, what would now come to equal
about 800 euros years later when they realized
that this castle could have a heritage value the army bought it back and it was restored
this castle is so white that it also he knows him as the white heron
we enter the castle and they make us remove the footwear again
visiting the interior of this castle it can learn how their ancients lived
samurai owners
this is where the samurai weapons were hung,
the katanas, the spears, on these shelves
these pieces here are embellishments that
used to cover the nails they used to join the beams and they are called "inome" which means
"boar's eye"
these platforms used them so that
the soldiers got on and from the windows they could fight with muskets against the enemies
that climbed the rooftops
this is the main column that holds
the tower, covers from the basement to the top all the way to the 7th floor
weighs almost 7 tons and 25 meters of high
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on the top floor here in the background there is a sanctuary
where the deity that keeps this castle
this here are the blazons that we commented and there are the drawings of the shields of each family
who has inhabited the castle
and now we are going to tell you a story of
love of this castle
this is the story of Princess Senhime
that she was a girl who was 7 years old her grandfather made her marry the enemy clan chief
to make a union and create some peace within the time that there were wars
in a battle they entered the castle where lived the princess who had already done
a little bigger and they killed the husband she ran away terrified and nervous
to flee to his house, to the castle, he met Honda Tadatoki and it was a love
At first glance, they fell in love just to see each other then she went back to her grandfather's castle
that it was Himeji's castle and he told her grandfather who would please let her marry
with the man she wanted, that in that era was not normal because it had to be done
what the elders said and everything were agreements of peace and wars
then the grandfather seeing that he had already He went through a bad drink and said yes
and she married her beloved and they lived in this castle very happy
I love stories with a happy ending
another curiosity of the castle is that here
the James Bond movie was shot "just you live twice "and passed the castle
of Himeji by a ninja dojo
there is a stone in this castle that we have not
seen because we do not know how to find it because the map is a bit confusing
the stone was from a lady who had a mill and when construction began
of the castle wanted to bring a stone to their walls and he gave the stone of his mill and still
is preserved You can see it but we have not found it
Do you remember that we told you that you can not smoke down the street here in Japan?
that you have to smoke in authorized sites well here in the exterior of the castle
There is a designated area for smokers and it is this cage here
We are in the middle of the park totally the weather and mount here the smoking area
instead, inside the restaurants you can smoke
another culture
next to the Himeji Castle there is also
gardens that are called Koko-en, that in photos we have seen that are very beautiful
and they are 40 yen only
the Koko-en gardens are not centennial nor
much less, they are quite new, they opened its doors in 1992
the whole complex is composed of 9 gardens separated from each other designed in various styles
typical of the Edo period
inside there are even tea houses where by 500 yen you can attend the ceremony and take
a tea with sweets
In the middle of the garden we see a worker who wears a jacket with a built-in fan
the truth is that visiting Japanese gardens It is always a good idea to pass stress,
the heat and the oppression of the crowd
we just saw a sign on the street that warns you to be careful when you are
looking at the mobile on the street so that you collide with the one in front
we were walking through some galleries that there is in Himeji coming back towards the train and we
a very old Japanese gentleman has come to ask us what did Japan look like?
we have told him that very nice, very different, that we were from Barcelona
he asked us where we had been, if we had tried the Shinkansei (the train
bullet) and Mr. very nice, very shy and he had a polaroid camera hanging and we
said if he could take a picture and we he has made this photo and he has given it to us
very nice but I do not know, very weird everything here is the photo
we will keep it from memory always
what does not happen to us here in Japan
after visiting Himeji it's time to catch heading towards Kyoto
as we have arrived early in Kyoto we have taken a restful afternoon, like 1 hour
and half or 2 hours to go to the hotel and rest before going to dinner
and we are watching the curious programs they have on Japanese television
now we are seeing one that they teach to dance to the kids
and with the Japanese programs we said goodbye today's video
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