I spent a few hours at Kenrokuen, the place is massive.
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This is important, Basho is a big deal in Japan, remember this for later in my travels
Soooooooo generally I was really respectful of requests this time however I was sneaky and took a few pictures even though they asked for no photos, Seison Kaku Villa was pretty incredible, the entire home was built with song board. Which was highly polished wood, fitted with traditional japanese leverage mounts that required no nails, however, due to Ninja assassinations they would posistion nails upward and downward against each other, they would "chirp" like birds. It was quite fun to practice the ninjutsu techniques I learned for light stepping movement, it makes a large difference but in all honesty I am too heavy and would have been caught if I was a ninja, bummer. I did however scare the shit out of a few of the workers in the house because of how quiet I was, so maybe I could be B Team infiltration.
This paint is a big deal, blue was very difficult to make in the 17th century and VERY expensive, this whole room was painted this color because she wanted it.
Grounds layout for the Kanazawa Castle
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If you're thinking the castle looks new, it is, this is one of the many replicas that were remodeled some time in history, Kanazawa castle was just completed last year.
