Matsuyama Castle - Matsuyama, Japan (March 2003)

In March of 2003 I took a short trip to Southern Japan, visiting the islands of Honshu & Shikoku. The following pictures are a visual journal of that trip. Enjoy (~_^)
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A very interesting side shot of the uniform of the nobel lady of the castle's dress, and her lord's armor are shown here. A frontal picture I took did not turn out, it was as though the long dead spirit of the armor was tell me, you may not take my photo, you walk upon sacred ground! Often it was true in Samurai times that it was forbidden to look straight on into a lord's eyes or gaze. You were required unless asked otherwise to put your gaze down towards the ground when a samurai lord passed you by.
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