himeji castle, mother of all japanese castles.

antonette and i skipped town and decided to spend a few days in the kansai region. it's pretty far away, but if you take the shinkansen (the bullet train) it's only a 50 min. train ride from nagoya. more footage of that later.

we spent our first day traveling to himeji, a city famous for it's castle. himeji castle is one of twelve japanese castles still standing in their original condition. it's also the largest. below is a 2 part video of the castle followed by a slideshow. take a look.

can't watch HD? click here to watch this video in standard definition.

a western weakness

i hate traditional japanese toilets. i hate them because my legs are weak. this particular toilet gave me such a hard time on the way back from himeji castle... god i hate you toilet... you made my day crappy :(