Kumamoto Castle in Japan .....

[GMSamuelRhine]

haha i climbed all the way to the top of that castle its pretty damn tall. but very amazing

[tokyocityrat]

Actually someone with fortune could make replica of it and could live. it would be nice to see Japanese castle with garden outside of Japan.

[mrsjudylein]

It's soooo huge!!!!

[dondons1987]

lol ^-^, I wish!

[XxiLLViLLAiNxX]

I'm reminded of Tenchu 2.

[killzone1231000]

i want to go to high school in japan

[Mr7ser]

AWESOME!!! I Wanna live in Japan!!!!!!

[youngbeliever]

Wow, that's in Kumamoto~?

It looks absolutely amazing!! O_O

Can you go inside it??

*adds to list of places to go when in Japan*

♥♥♥

[GenkiJapanNet]

@youngbeliever Yeah you can now, they've just done it out with really nice new tatami and fresh wooden beams. They use it for Shogi tournaments and things, which is a cool way to use it I think!

[WayTalentedClub]

@youngbeliever Yea u can it's about 9km big!

[Pringos]

i think you really should show us your house in japan :P

[Pokegirl3000]

It's such a lovely castle, it looks almost unreal! Just like a fantasy. Japan's an amazing place!

[h2o1h2o1]

hello,im a follower of you. I have a question:

im learning japanese throught the ds game, My japanese coach,and even when i havent started with kanji,I wonder how is possible to learn/remember all these symbols.

is there any trick to learn kanji?

thanks and that house is so freaking awesome

[GenkiJapanNet]

@h2o1h2o1 The trick is that although there are several thousand, they're not totally different. After a while you start seeing that many of them are just combinations of other ones.

Just like an English written word is made up of different letters, many kanji are made up of other kanji. It makes it a lot easier - just like learning phonics is much easier than learning to write 10s of thousands of English words!

[xxHartBrokenxx]

It must be expensive to go to Japan. I'm saving for a ticket but it costs so much.

[scottrekishika]

I messed up my last comment about Matsumoto castle it is from the late 16th century, I think I erased the 1 by mistake so it looked like 6th century.

[scottrekishika]

I really like the black castles. There is Matsumoto castle in Nagano prefecture that is a black castle and an original from the late 6th century. I believe there are about a dozen castles that still remain from pre-Tokugawa times, and only a few of them are black. Matsumoto Castle is one of them. I went to Matsumoto castle, the black ones really look cool in person.

[zhhrah]

What are all these people doing in your house?

[SylwerDragon]

nice houseeeee...:)))

[SEEPTHRU]

you are in my hometown!

[Sneaker4Night]

Oh gosh! That's so cool! I've only been to Japan once and we saw where the emperor lives. :)

[SonnetteColley]

so funny... "your house".... but man, that place is beautiful. WOuld love to see a tour of the inside!

[Aegius]

Kunamoto castle was damaged in the 1877 Sastsuma rebellion. But it wasn't destroyed. It was restored partly in 1960, but full restoration only occurred recently. It's a magnificent building. Canon allows one to make a paper model at its paper craft web page. Just type in "canon paper craft" and then click on the link of "architecture" to find it.

[magicdutchmen]

Lots of renovating going on as well...thats a good thing tho

[magicdutchmen]

Think I've seen two or three of these castles..most rebuild obviously...I was bummed I couldn't see mount Fuji but ow well. Had a great time there

[topcat4eva]

cool

[veiss8801]

What!? Your not going to show us the inside?

[Lovemymuffe]

That's some residence :3

[Nemesis093781]

I had no idea, you are making so much money.Plus you are nice to let people tour your house.

Thumbs up.

[ThePaopuFruitLover]

hrmm hide and seek in a japanese castle?

[ultimablaze5]

Nice house...

[songokussj3]

Best building EVER

[Jaspercat91]

I was at Odowara Castle the other day! (sidenote- Tokyo is great, but why does no one mention Yokohama? It was my favourite place to visit!)

[NiloArch]

Stunning !!

[whipwhip]

One of the three premier castles in Japan. Very Magnificent.

[cowellboy]

God, I want to do what you do so badly :( Unfortunetly i'm only 15.

[FishyOnStick]

@cowellboy don't worry weaboo, you'll grow out of it.

eventually.

[theuglyninja]

if that's your house richard , i'm comming to stay i'll be on the next plane .lol

[MahBoiOrMyBoy]

You live in Himeji? :D

[RinoaHatake]

If that was your house... could I live in one of the rooms? You wont even notice me!... Literally... I'm sure I could hide pretty good in there... xD

[soldier4670]

I wish I could live in a Japanese castle. =D

[rockingirl101]

for 7th grade project on building castles, i built the himeji castle. It is EPIC but the color of t he castle changed to yellow as it lay collecting dust in my house.

[ErementsuNoAnime]

I can't wait to go to Japan next year with my college class, nice videos as always Richard, your the best. keep it up. Your doing a wonderful thing. Your turning our travel dreams into a possbility with your grand assistance :3

P.S. Hope I didn't over-flatter, but your just that awesome.

[AMVShippu]

OLD FASHION JAPAN WITH SHOGUN,SAMURAI,NINJA AND RAMEN IS THE BEST!!

Beautiful castle and keep up the videos i lov them

[XiloveKoRnX]

It's so beautiful in Japan.

[WhutDuhFraggle]

woaaaaaah its HUGEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[HazeAlq]

imagine thats your real house xD

[moonangel27]

that is a BIG house O.O

[dorkievaj]

i wish i get to visit japan..><..japan seems like a nice place ..its so beautiful 0 0

[nelsonjr16]

@GenkiJapanNet why not tokyo?

[LizzyChan101]

@GenkiJapanNet

XD Thank you.

[Handlez362]

Thats a beautiful castle

[angel9719]

That will bea real cool house to live i you know what they say a man house is his castel. lol

[djknitex479]

Lol your house, you mean your castle, haha

[bionicleryan]

Japan is so beautiful.

[funnychic96]

I wanna go there o.o

[TonicBlade]

I definitely want to see Japanese style castles when I go to Japan in the future :D

[LizzyChan101]

So what city would you say'd be the best for a first time visit to Japan?

[GenkiJapanNet]

@LizzyChan101 For just one city I'd say Kyoto. Tokyo's good but Kyoto has more of the temples and history and it's much easier to get out into the countryside i.e. the real Japan!

Other good things are to hire a car and circumnavigate Kyushu and Shikoku islands. Hiroshima is also a must visit, but prepare to be moved.

For future trips the north for skiing is great.

[LizzyChan101]

@GenkiJapanNet

That's pretty cool. Don't think I'm going to Japan anytime soon (unless I somehow manage to convince my parents it's a good idea to spend their money on), but that's some good info I'm tucking away for later. XD Thanks again.

[percast]

Pretty nice place you gat there ; )

[266sasuke]

Amazing castle! I wish I could go inside of it.

[xXxpinkaliciousexXx]

nice house u got there :P

i love u'r videos , my dream is *going to japan*

u'r videos make me feel like i'm not missing a thing * who a i kidding ?! * i want to go to JAPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN !! nihon DAISUKIIIIIIIII !

[Vash987]

That place is HUGE! I'd love to see that in person!!

[brollicon]

ill get your cd from your site it looks like it will help me. i have to say thats an amazing castle if its real its amazing ho wthe japanese built it

[BloodyRageNoMore]

I saw this coming....

xD

[shiroberry14]

Haha, what a beautiful house ;)

[kyomasaki22]

That is just......nothing short of amazing!! Would be quite something if that was actually your house lol!