Himeji

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.

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.

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.

Mount Fuji's first snow cap arrives near record late.

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.

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.

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.

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.

And I went to the wake and this was all in Hyogo prefecture.

And actually the wake was held in Himeji, you know, the city that's famous for the castle.

I went to the wake and after that was done, I was given a few packets of salt to bring with me and I came back home.

I was on my own.

横には座れない。だからカウンター越しに聞くママの人生が一番楽しい。俺らはツアーでいろんなとこ行くんで、そしたら飯食った後は絶対よし、一番寂れてるとこ探すぞつって。いやそれ。それうちの大谷も同じこと言うんですけど、ギリギリ都会の地方みたいなところがいいって言ってました。あまりに行きすぎるともうちょっと当て物みたいになるから、絶対いいことはほぼないから。

姫路とかそういうこと。

そういう感じでいいですね。そういう感じだと松山とか。

松山そうなんですよ。

This airport serves the entire Kansai region.

That means not only Osaka, but Kyoto as well, also Kobe, Himeji, Nara, and, well, a number of other cities.

The Haruka train connects Kansai Airport with Osaka and Shin-Osaka Station, as well as Kyoto.

There's also the Nankai Railway.

So anyway, once, once they're done, you just pop 'em out and serve 'em up, no big deal.

And these specifically come from the Himeji in Hyogo Prefecture and are called gozasoro because that's what customers just kinda started calling them after the original shop's philosophy of gratitude.

And this is 'cause gozasoro derives from, like, the respectful, nice way of saying gozaaru, which means, "I have made these sweets for you," which is really quite lovely, [laughs] actually.

And it's, you know, it's a really nice reflection of how the artisan puts their heart and dedication into the making of this gozasoro, which that's nice.

So at any rate, it, it's not known where the seller got this original idea from, but as we mentioned earlier, imagawayaki has a lot of different names, yaki this, yaki that, [laughs] yaki that yaki.

You can, you can rewind if you wanna listen to Doug's list of yakis.

So it makes it really hard to track and definitely pin down, like, the full evolution of the dish and its change in names from Tokyo to Himeji, which is kind of south of Osaka and Kobe.

Have you been there?

But up in the pieces.

Was it, was it, like, the, like, did Himeji have one? Was that, was it that kind of style? Or-

Himeji had one, and Hirokata Park both had one.

Yeah.

Okay, that rings a bell now.

Those, but those were not comfortable, those trains.

I thought these trains were more comfortable.

Himeji had one-

So when I go up to the train person selling the tickets, I'm like...

I need a ticket to Himeji and like trying to make them understand where I'm trying to go.

And I think I meant, I think I tried pronouncing it different ways about three or four times.

Finally, they did figure out what, where I wanted to go and they were able to sell me a ticket.

So, but that's why I remember it.

Cause I remember just saying, you know, in, in many probably bastardized ways, Himeji and, and eventually one of those pronunciations landed with this Japanese gentleman who was selling tickets.

Eventually struck a chord.

Yes.