Every couple weeks, the Cities and Civilization class ventures into different parts of Japan to explore areas that were important to or representative of the current era of study. Last weekend, we boarded the train to Hikone the location of the Ii family's castle, one of the oldest surviving castles in Japan.
Our professor (and tour guide) split us into two groups: attackers and defenders. Here he begins the lecture:
The texture warranted a picture:
The castle:
The view from the castle:
After being thoroughly routed by the attackers at the castle, we strolled down to the Genkyo-en garden, which was designed in the Chisen-kaiyu style, being centered around a pond, just beyond the inner moat.
Fall colors dotted the pathway around the pond:
Walking through the garden:
In the "rakuraku" viewing house on the pond:
The water stopped in time:
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