Himeji Castle

関西２日目。
受かった先は、こちら。
On our second day in west Japan, we went to Himeji Castle.

姫路城です。
私はこのブログでも何度も書いてきたけれど、歴史に興味を持ったことがなくて、お城、特に日本のお城を訪れたことはほとんどないのだけれど。。。
こんな風に街を見守るように立つお城が見えてきた時にはさすがに感動しました。主人をはじめとして海外の人たちが見てみたいと言う気持ちがわかります。モダンな街の中にそびえ立つ６００年以上の歴史のあるお城。行けて良かったです。
次回は主人と来れますように。
That was where Col wanted to visit in Japan, so Julie and I took so many photos of the castle to show him. I have never been there before either. I was very impressed by the cool castle. It is amazing that the castle has been there for more that 600 years! What a long history!
I also thought it was very unique to see the big castle in a modern city.

では、写真をどうぞ。
I hope you all enjoy the photos we took.

Julie was impressed by the moat.

BEAUTIFUL!

you can see family crests on the tiles

we saw shooting holes(on the right wall).

we heard that there were 21 gates.

weapons racks

 There were so many tourists in the castle, it took 1 hours to go up to the top floor(6th) and come down to the second floor. But it was worth being in the long line, the view from the top floor was awesome. Also it was so interesting to see inside of the castle, some parts of ceiling were so low, actually I bumped my head!

Luckily, it was a sunny day(super hot and humid though). We enjoyed walking around and in the castle. I hope we will go there again with Col next time. He will enjoy seeing it for sure.

梅雨の中、晴れた１日。
素晴らしい観光だったけれど、暑さと湿気がきつくてきつくて。さらに大混雑で。
じぃじが買ってくれたアイスクリームを甥っ子くんとジュリはおいしそうに食べました。
姫路城に連れてきてくれた弟夫婦と両親に感謝。
Her jiji(grandpa) got her and her cousin ice cream. :)