Comments on: 2007/07/27 Nijo Castle, Ninomaru Palace

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Tue, 09 Oct 2007 02:43:19 +0000

[...] call, and after some Skype messages, we finalized the plans on the phone. Maya picked us up after our visit to the Nijo Castle, and we went for lunch. She prefers Western food — presumably she gets better Japanese food [...]

By: Pierreo

Pierreo — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 12:27:49 +0000

When I was in Kyoto at Christmas, the castle was unfortunately closed. However, I did make the visit when I was there in 1985 and remember the floor well. Amazing that after so many years the mechanism still works.
Kyoto is a wonderful city where the old meets the new. It sounds like you really made the most of the time you spend there.