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Japanese Tea Garden |
This one was built around the same time as the Hiroshima Castle, 1600, by Samurai Hosokawa Tadaoki. It also has a moat like Hiroshima but is a much more substantial structure. There is a museum and tea garden on the Castle property.
Japanese Mobile Bakery |
An interesting thing that we learned was
that the Shogun (chief of the clan) had a physician whose job was to go through the Shogun's poo from his
Chamber Pot and examine it daily. What a
crappy job.
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The grounds of Kokura Castle
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Kokura Castle and Moat
Dave Deakyne
David Deakyne
David J. Deakyne
Dave Deakyne
Wallingford
David Deakyne
David J. Deakyne
Dave Deakyne
Wallingford