Himeji Castle

Reputated to be the most beautiful castle in Japan because of it chaste white walls. Also nicknamed as the "White Heron" as this symmetrically beautiful silhouette reproduces the graceful figure of a heron about to take wing at any moment.

So anyway, still the 7 of us because Chou-san hasn't met up with us yet, went to the castle together. I particularly was really excited because I have been wanting to go visit it for ages since so much had been said about it.

The palace was pretty huge. Lots of buildings had also been preserved properly. It was a little different from other castles in Japan I have been to to because the main attraction was the building itself rather then the remains like ancient scrolls or relics. It was interesting to see how even in those days, architetural skills was superb as they cleverly integrated designs for defence as well as for various purposes. Well since wars seems to be pretty common then, needless to say, there were many intelligently designed hideouts and storage.


And of course, that was just the first part of the trip. Japan if not famous for it's outrageous, forward fashion is known for producing it's own speciality in every part of the country. This time round, the speciality is "Anago". It is something similar to "Unagi Don", eel too, only that it was of a different breed. Very delicious other than its numerous bones...

Well well, that ends our Himeji trip as we trotted back to Kobe for a last minute shopping and to pick up our bags. All ready to storm Osaka!

By the way pictures... somethings we took on the trip...

My crazy Sweden classmate who seems to have special likes... hemm...

Outside the castle...

Kobe's Chinatown.. Bruce Lee...