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Last month during what is called "Silver week" holidays (September 19 to 23), I visited a feudal period castle, Himeji Castle. It is located in Himeji city, 3 hours and half by Bullet Train from Tokyo and almost 1 hour from Kyoto. As the train was reaching the Himeji station, I could view the white castle from the window.   As soon as I got out of the station, I could view the castle far away. It was magnificient view. As I got closer to the castle, its appearance impressed me more.   The castle has had that appearance since early 17th century. It...

As I described before on this blog, I became a free walking tour guide of East Garden of Imperial Palace. Read this article .   Last week, I met an American woman who is a college professor. I guided her to the imperial palace and explained history of pre-modern Japan and the imperial palace.   Imperial Palace was in fact, Shogun's castle before modern times. Shogun literally...

On 14 of September, Sunday, I visited Japan's most famous shrine in Nikko city, which is 2 hour train ride from Tokyo. It is called Nikko-Toshogu. The shrine was established for the grave of the...

I was surprised to know an American actor who is famous for acting British sailor who arrived in 17th century Japan in the famous TV mini-seires "Shogun" was gay. He came out 4 years ago on TV...

I rent DVD of TV Mini Series "Shogun" aired in U.S., 1980. I remember when I first visited the U.S., American host family where I stayed played the video of this show to welcome me. It was a very...