Once again I am in Japan. This is trip number 18. Flew into Nagoya and then hung around there for a few days on business before heading north on Wednesday. Kaz, JC (other JC) and I found ourselves with an hour to kill in Matusmoto while we waited for a train, so we decided to go to Matsumoto Castle. It and Himeji Castle are two of the oldest and best castles left in Japan. Matsumoto Castle is the oldest castle in Japan that has not been burned and rebuilt. It was originally built in 1593 and this is still the original castle, although with some additions. Unlike almost every other castle in Japan, Matsumoto is black in color, giving it the name “The Crow Castleâ€. We pretty much had to run through it since we only had an hour. More photos up on Flickr soon.
Not much else to relate. Work, work, work, with some sake here and there. Oh, got a new camera at Bic Camera. A Casio Exilim EX Z600. 6 Megapixels in something the size of about 10 credit cards stacked on top of each other with a huge high visibility LCD on the back. Takes pics within 1 second of turning it on and takes pictures and saves them almost instantaneously… Nice… really like it. Planning to spend Friday night in Tokyo. Will either to go to Shinjuku or Shibuya, not sure yet.
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