It was quite a little hike from the parking lot to the castle, luckily there were lots of beautiful little gardens along the way like this one:
Like many Japanese castles, this one is 1) a rebuilt model of what the old one looked like before it burned down (this one was burned in an actual battle, as opposed to by lightning) and 2) turned into a museum where photography is generally not allowed. So the best pictures to be had were from the top:
And here's a closer picture of the outside.
Our brave tour guide did not allow a ton of time for looking around at this particular stop (probably because most of the explainations were not in English), so we mostly just ran to the top, snapped a few shots and ran back down pretty quickly and then we were off to Nara. Pictures soon to come.
In the mean time, here are some answers to baby questions from the previous post:
1) The baby will be born in Japan, at a Japanese clinic. I've heard lots of good things about the place. The baby will even have a Japanese Birth Certificate, though we really don't have all the details yet.
2) So far I'm still feeling pretty good. I've recently discovered an inablilty to eat meat, but I still get three meals a day, so I'm happy.
3) While it is our intention to bring baby home to visit eventually, we're way to early in the planning stages to have determined exactly when that will be. It will depend a great deal on what happens with our next duty station.
4) Thanks to everyone who responded!
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