Himeji Castle
Castle in Himeji, JapanWikipedia
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Oct 31, 2026
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Matsumoto officials said they have obtained advice from experts on Kanazawa Castle in the capital of Ishikawa Prefecture, where stonewall information has already been preserved in a clinical chart.
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The creation of stonewall clinical charts is also underway at Himeji Castle in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, and at the Matsusaka Castle ruins in Matsusaka, Miya Prefecture.
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The Great Hanshin Earthquake of January 1995 and the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 2011 prompted internal discussions on earthquake countermeasures for Matsumoto Castle, including for its stone walls.
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Mount Fuji's first snow cap arrives near record late.
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Matsumoto officials said they have obtained advice from experts on Kenazawa Castle in the capital of Ishikawa Prefecture, where stone wall information has already been preserved in a clinical chart.
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The creation of stone wall clinical charts is also underway at Himeji Castle in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, and at the Matsusaka Castle ruins in Matsusaka, Miya Prefecture.
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The Great Hanchon earthquake of January 1995 and the Great East Japan earthquake of March 2011 prompted internal discussions on earthquake countermeasures for Matsumoto Castle, including for its stone walls.
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Mount Fuji's first snowcap arrives near record late Mount Fuji recorded its first snowcap of the season on October 30, appearing 28 days later than usual on the second latest date on record.
GavinGUEST
So from variety, even in the weather, but from the cities to the central region there in Japan, and then going to spending time near Mount Fuji, a really good piece of advice you gave me based on how I'd answered your questions and your understanding of me was when we left Osaka, we were traveling down to Hiroshima.
GavinGUEST
And my initial plan was, to stop off on the way and visit Himeji Castle.
GavinGUEST
It's probably one of the most well-known castles in Japan.
GavinGUEST
And of course, you go, well, it's got to be on the list.
Dan JonesGUEST
Yeah, that's a great example.
Dan JonesGUEST
Himeji Castle in Japan is one of the iconic castles in the whole world.
Dan JonesGUEST
I mean, it's the white eagle, the white heron castle.
Dan JonesGUEST
It's one of the great symbols of Japanese history.
SarinaGUEST
yes we went to go see the bamboo grove the bamboo forest that was absolutely breathtaking you know everybody talks about going to japan and seeing these bamboo groves and you have to go see it you can't believe how breathtaking it is until you're there it's beautiful really something to see
VirginiaHOST
okay all right let's move on to wednesday august the 26th this was the hamad himeji castle i was like i wrote it down phonetically yes that didn't help
SarinaGUEST
all right how was it great it was about a two-hour ride from where we were staying um it was really really really cool again really really hot believe it or not it was like sort of perched up on a mountain so when you got into the castle and like it was sort of cool in there because it was so high up and they had like the windows open so it created like this crosswind draft wind inside there so it was really nice because you had to climb all the way up to the top of the castle every floor had like something else to see and then climb all the way back down we had to take our shoes off that was a nice cultural shocking experience but first of many it was cool you would think like you go into these places and you're taking off your shoes and you were everybody's wearing white socks you'd think You come out of the castle, everybody's socks are going to be black.
SarinaGUEST
Clean.
JoHOST
This urban legend is considered to be one of Japan's big three ghost stories, Nihon San Dai Kaidan, and it is part of Japanese folklore.
JoHOST
Okiku, which means chrysanthemum, was the name of a beautiful servant girl working at Himeji Castle.
JoHOST
More specifically, Okiku was a dishwasher, dishwashing servant who... and was eventually entrusted with cleaning and taking care of a precious set of 10 valuable porcelain plates.
JoHOST
10 porcelain plates which represented the honor and fortune of her master's family.
Kevin O'SheaHOST
And like many old Japanese castles, it has seen its share of political intrigue, warfare, death, destruction, and rebuilding.
Kevin O'SheaHOST
Now, when people talk about haunted castles in Japan, they often mention Himeji Castle and the famous Legend of Okiku, or Osaka Castle and the lingering spirits associated with the Toyotomi clan.
Kevin O'SheaHOST
But Nagoya Castle... that's not usually one of the first places that comes to mind.
Kevin O'SheaHOST
And that's exactly what makes today's episode so interesting.
ArthurHOST
That was a good one.
AustinHOST
Himeji-jo.
ArthurHOST
Himeji-jo's a good one.
AustinHOST
That's, that's the best one, in my opinion.
ArthurHOST
Well, Himeji-jo's the best one.
ArthurHOST
Yeah, you're right.
AustinHOST
Yeah.
Sarah DavisHOST
Next time I'm going, but... [laughs]
Doug RightHOST
Yeah, 'cause last time I went, I trekked up to the very top of Himeji Castle.
Sarah DavisHOST
Ooh.
Doug RightHOST
Totally worth it, but yeah.
MitchHOST
With dual pricing...
MitchHOST
For example, Himeji Castle, I think now has dual pricing, but it's not like, oh, white boy with blue eyes, you're double the price.
MitchHOST
It's like, do you have a residence card? Are you a local resident? If you are, you get a discount.
MitchHOST
Vegas does this, I'm from Vegas.
MitchHOST
And all it was was the Japanese menu didn't include taxes, and the English menu did.
MitchHOST
Mm-hmm.
MitchHOST
But, you know, that perceived discrimination, if that's there and there's no transparency behind it, like with Himeji Castle, it's like if you're a local, you get a discount because you are paying local taxes, which that revenue helps this place kind of thing.
AlexGUEST
I mean, one more issue we have is that we can't, if I go to a ramen restaurant and a multimillionaire or a billionaire or whatever goes to a ramen restaurant, they're both paying in Kagoshima like 700 to 1,000
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