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info on 102 Japanese castles....

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http://www.jcastle.info/

ps. if you have quicktime vr the pictures are great!
http://castle.ad-g.tv/osaka/egindex.htm
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I could be mistaken, but I think this castle is the one featured in Akira Kurosawa's Ran and a couple of Godzilla movies.

http://www.jcastle.info/castle/profile/32-Himeji-Castle
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Jet_Jaguar wrote:I could be mistaken, but I think this castle is the one featured in Akira Kurosawa's Ran and a couple of Godzilla movies.

http://www.jcastle.info/castle/profile/32-Himeji-Castle
It is indeed.

It is very strange to go in this castle when you have seen Ran.

I have taken some more photos :
http://photo.ladrevert.net/index.php?/category/47
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