Japan trip report #3: Atami Castle

This is Atami castle. (Again, all images are clickable through for mostly higher-resolution versions.)

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It's twentieth-century, but built to resemble an Edo-period castle. (Japan has few old buildings, due to a combination of having built in flammable materials, non-earthquake-proof construction, and heavy bombing during the War (with the notable exception of Kyoto, the "city of ten thousand shrines", which was spared).)

The castle contains a number of small museums.( Read more... )

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