[English／日本語]
Hachioji had a castle called Katakura Castle 500 years ago. Today, there is no castle, but there is a park that tells the history of the castle. This park is popular among tourists because of its beautiful katakuris (dogtooth violet) flowers in spring. The park is also decorated with statues. The statue in the photo is famous because a kingfisher once perched on its shoulder. Hachioji is not only rich in nature, but also has many historical sites. At school, before visiting such historical places, students have classes to learn about the history of Hachioji. Many students know the word "samurai" but do not know much about the deeper history of the city, so everyone listens intently to what is being said ?.
八王子には500年前に片倉城という城がありました。現在、城はありませんが、歴史を伝える公園があります。この公園は春になるとカタクリの花が美しく、観光客に人気があります。公園内には銅像なども飾られています。写真にある銅像は肩にカワセミがとまったことがあったので有名になっています。八王子は自然が豊かなだけではなく、歴史的な場所も多くあります。学校でもこのような歴史的な場所を訪れる前は八王子の歴史について勉強する授業があります。「侍」という言葉は知っていますが、深い歴史については知らない学生が多いので、みんな真剣に話を聞いています?

ここは愛知県名古屋市にある名古屋城です！

初めて行ったのですがとても立派でカッコよくて輝いていました！！！✨

観光客がとても多く見られました。
海外の方もとても多かったです。

愛知に行ったらぜひご覧になってください！

春は桜が咲いていてより一層の美しい景色が見えるかも？！

写真よりはるかに良いお城です
実物をぜひ生で見ていただきたい！

父上とデート♪歩道が広く歩きやすかった❀

兵庫県にある赤穂城跡行きました。
赤穂浪士47士で有名な所です。

とても暖かくて天気の良い日でした。
お花も綺麗に咲いていました。

鶴ヶ城での四月開催の桜まつり！

宮崎県日南市にある南郷城跡からの景色です。海や島々、町並みや鉄橋が眼下に広がる私のお気に入りスポットです。そして、春には早咲きの寒桜が景色をさらに彩ってくれます。ここは私有地ですが、かつての山城の景色を多くの人に味わって欲しいとの願いから、所有者の方が整備して無料で開放して下さっています。有り難さを噛み締めながら、城主になった気分で眺めるこの景色は格別です。

岐阜県の長良川温泉に行きました、朝方に
岐阜城を見上げると素晴らしい月が出ており
岐阜城と月を撮りました。

山口県 岩国の吉香公園 神社や親水広場、さくらに梅の木、秋には紅葉、そして岩国城と みどころがたくさんある総合公園です。岩国城にはロープウエイでも徒歩でも上れます。錦帯橋のすぐ隣です。

犬山の鵜飼へ行ったときの写真です。
鵜飼も素晴らしかったのですが、普段なかなか見ることのできない船の上から見る犬山城も美しかったのでシャッターを切りました。

夏の姫路城です！?
お城と和船のコラボは、The日本の景色??
素晴らしい眺めでした！

岡山市の岡山後楽園の東側を流れる旭川の堤は桜の名所、岡山城を背景に毎年さくらカーニバルが開催され賑わいます。

沖縄県読谷村にある座喜味城跡のアーチ門
沖縄の世界遺産「琉球王国のグスク及び関連遺産群」は9つあり、その中の世界遺産のグスク5つのなかの1つです。沖縄では城のことをグスクといいます。
15世紀初頭に築いた日本最古のアーチ門といわれています。
その歴史を潜ります！感動！

沖縄県読谷村にある座喜味城跡
沖縄の世界遺産「琉球王国のグスク及び関連遺産群」は9つあり、その中の世界遺産のグスク5つのなかの1つです。沖縄では城のことをグスクといいます。
曲線のきれいな石垣で日本本土では見られないものです。石垣の上にも登れて東シナ海が一望できますよ！

兵庫県姫路市の姫路城は国宝として有名ですが、桜の名所でもあります。
天守閣と桜のコラボは絶景です。

岡山県津山市の鶴山公園は「日本さくら名所100選」に選ばれている津山市のシンボル。約1000本の桜が咲き誇る景観は素晴らしい。

『松江城』
１６１１年築城
別名 千鳥城ともよばれ
見た目の派手さはないですが
落ち着いた佇まいで歴史情緒が
感じられるお城です。

岡山市の岡山後楽園のすぐ近くにあり、後楽園の背景にもなっている岡山城。
令和の改修が終わり綺麗になって披露されました。

全国で現存する12天守の中の一つ。築城から400年の時を経て、今もなお迫力あるその姿を間近で見ることができます。

『秋のくまもとお城まつり城あかり』
熊本地震から6年。熊本城が少しづつ復興しています?熊本のシンボルでもある熊本城?✨幻想的で素晴らしい雰囲気での佇まいに元気と癒しを貰えてます??

長良川ロングラン花火。
冬の花火と岐阜城とオリオン座。

司馬遼太郎が「日本で最も美しい山城」と称した郡上八幡城
どの季節も素晴らしいのですが
個人的には冬の雪に染まるこの時期が
白い城と重なり素晴らしいと思う

TDLの美女と野獣のお城です?

真っ赤に染まるかえでと国宝松本城

[English／日本語]
A 15-minute walk from Hachioji Station, I bought a "Hachioji Castle Monaka" at the Japanese sweets shop Senshuen. In fact, there was a castle in Hachioji in the 16th century. This "Hachioji Castle Monaka" is a confectionary shaped like the castle that existed at that time. The monaka is filled with sweet bean paste and is very tasty ?By the way, Hachioji Castle is no longer there, but the place where the castle used to be is now a park. I would like to visit there with my students someday.
八王子駅から徒歩15分、和菓子屋の千松園さんで「八王子城もなか」を買いました。実は16世紀に八王子にはお城がありました。この「八王子城もなか」はその時にあったお城の形をしたお菓子です。もなかの中にはしっかりとあんこ（豆の甘いペースト）が入っていて、とてもおいしかったです?ちなみに、八王子城は今はありませんが、昔お城があった場所は公園になっています。いつか学生と行ってみたいです。

2022年9月10日の満月と姫路城です。
月の出は雲に覆われていましたが、その雲を抜けて美しい姿を見せてくれました。

2020年、岡山城前の庭園で行われていた「夏の烏城桃源郷」という和傘のライトアップイベントです。
和傘と城の組み合わせがとてもマッチしており、幻想的で美しい催しでした。

2022年8月30日の姫路城の朝焼けの瞬間です。
この日の空は空高くまでオレンジの色に染まりため息が出る程の美しさでした。

The last couple photos I wanted to post from our trip to Takamatsu.

The first one was at one of the stations by Ritsurin Park. It just tells you not to try and go past the railway crossing after the bar has come down but I thought the pictures on it were pretty funny lol.

The second was just one of the manholes that I thought looked nice. Snapped a photo of it outside of Takamatsu Castle

On the final day of our trip we were a bit tired but still wanted to see a few things and just casually enjoy our time.

We ended up going to Marugame Castle as our first destination. It was really cool as it's one of the 12 castles in Japan that still has an original castle keep. The castle itself isn't very large, but the area surrounding it is. From the bottom of the castle the keep is quite small so it's hard to get a good photo of it, but we got a photo of it with one of the turrets along the moat wall which was cool.

We reserved a rickshaw ride the previous night as well so when we got to the castle we did a little exploring and then we went on a guided tour around the lower area of the castle. The rickshaw guide was a really nice guy and quite funny as well. Apparently he was a comedian but he enjoyed doing this job as well. He told us a bunch of different things about the castle and it's construction while also telling some jokes occasionally.

After the rickshaw tour we climbed our way up to the top of the castle and there were saw really amazing views waiting for us at the top. You could see the entire city almost. We also entered the castle keep, but it was relatively small. It was still nice to see the architecture on the inside but the stairs were a bit scary. They were incredibly steep and I was holding the handrails the entire time going up or down them.

After checking out the castle we were pretty hungry and so we decided to get some lunch. Being Kagawa is the udon prefecture we went to an udon specialty restaurant. I haven't been to many udon restaurants so it was kind of a new experience for me. They had it set up kind of like a cafeteria and you go through and choose what you want and other toppings to go with your udon.
I didn't see the trays for the extra toppings so I just ended up putting the karaage on top of my udon lol.
I got niku udon and it tasted really good. The karaage was a nice touch as well. Not the usual tempura most people get but it went surprisingly well with the soup.

After eating we headed towards Nakazu Banshoen, a garden with art exhibits as well. Before getting there we decided to stop by a Lupin-themed cafe though. It was a really tiny shop but we were able to cool off for a bit and relax which was nice since we were walking quite a bit.

The garden was quite large and had a lot of different points of interest within it. The stepping stones were fun to cross and the row of torii gates was pretty cool as well. You can definitely take some nice photos with them.

And that concludes our trip to Takamatsu! Overall it was a really fun trip and I definitely recommend it to anyone who hasn't been to Shikoku or Kagawa before. We didn't even get to do everything we were looking at but we still had a blast!

I've got too many photos to post so I'm making another post today and at least 1-2 more in the next couple days.

After visiting Ritsurin Park we headed towards Takamatsu Castle.

The castle itself had no castle tower but it still had a really nice garden and the moat was pretty cool as well. They had a boat tour of the moat too, but we didn't think it was as extravagant as the one at Ritsurin Park and we were already tired so we decided to skip it and just tour the castle on foot.

There were a variety of different stone lanterns throughout the garden that I thought were pretty cool. I always enjoy seeing the different lantern designs for some reason.

Despite not having a castle tower, the turrets themselves were cool to see. After looking at the first castle tower we crossed a bridge that ran over the moat and headed up to the top. Once we got to the top, where the castle tower was previously located, we had a really awesome view of the area and I was able to get a photo of a boat passing through the moat. They were all wearing straw hats and special clothing, which I think was part of the experience.

After leaving the castle and heading toward our hotel, we arrived at the second turret and it had a nicer view than from inside the castle. I thought the clouds above it looked quite nice as well.

After that we headed to our hotel and rested for a bit and then headed over to a pizza place called PIZZERIA 18 for some dinner. The place had a nice atmosphere and the food was really good as well. We ordered pizza (obviously) and a variety platter as well. It all tasted great. They had Heartland as their nama-beer which I thought was nice. Don't see it very often.