Damaged Japan Castle Walls

Touring the earthquake damage and subsequent construction efforts on the walls of the former castle grounds in Shizuoka City, Japan.

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• Japan
• Japanese
• damaged
• castle
• wall
• walls
• softypapa

[MicknFumi]

Very cool video mate, I love the stone work in Japan, modern and old. Ieyasu the patient shogun who took over from Hideoshi. I need to read more about his life, I only know a little about him from reading about Hideoshi's life. I think he moved to Nijo castle after here & I've been to his shrine in Nikko & have video of it at the end of my Nikko video. I'm going to have to find a good book about his life, coz I do't really know that much about him...kanpai Kurt : )

[softypapa]

@MicknFumi One could surely spend a very long time studying these the giants of Japan's history and I too would enjoy learning more about Ieyasu and his times. If you find a good title on this subject then please let me know as I am always on the lookout for good Japan reads. Have a great weekend, my friend! ~Kurt :-)

[MicknFumi]

@softypapa You too mate : )

If you havn't already read Taiko by Eiji Yoshikawa, I highly recommend it!

[softypapa]

@MicknFumi Thank you for the reference. I've added it to my reading list! Have a great weekend! ~Kurt :-)

[every1lovesAalex]

That's really cool! I love the giant wasabi I want it!!!

[softypapa]

@every1lovesAalex I want some giant sushi to enjoy with the big wasabi! ~Kurt :-)

[JuBiTomislav]

Great video! Really interesting.

You would make a great tourist guide.

Please, sir, I want some more (on same topic, if possible). :-D

[krelllabs]

A friend of mine came from a family or quarrymen, and I learned that they called progressively bigger stones "one man" and "two man" stones, etc., depending on how hard it was to carry them, and my pal immediately called these Japanese walls "rubble built", unlike the gigantic, cut stone for, say, the Giza pyramids.

[cristobalzetra]

ur videos are awesome!!

[JoeCubicle]

Very cool Kurt. One of my dreams is to build a very strong block, stone or concrete home. Maybe castle-like in appearance. This was cool.

[Jimaera]

@softypapa I bet they did, haha, but you'd probably get in a whole lot of trouble if you got caught throwing them one. Actually, those koi are probably fed by the groundskeepers anyway; they're a decorative species and I'd imagine it's no accident that they found their way into that moat.

[softypapa]

@Jimaera They really seemed to want one! ~Kurt :-)