Himeji Castle, Arima Town with FREE Onsen ( FULL Japan Tour) | Facts or Myths?
gives you a good relaxation after a long walk Try You give us wrong information We need a recap Come on What the pal rain or shine Let’s explore more of the Himaji Castle and Kobe Japan In today’s episode we are back here in Osaka Japan We are going to join our bus tour to do our three agendas for today First we’re going to climb up the largest castle in Himi Next a soak in a very relaxing onsen in Emory Lastly enjoy the scenic views of Koben Osaka City in Mount Roco It’s raining in Oaka guys Unfortunately we can’t do anything with the weather being unfavorable So we’ll just find our way to enjoy We got our combined ticket for both Koko and Garden and Himi Castle First we going to listen to our tour guide as he discussed about the Himaji castle First family to to govern the castle in the Akamas But the third one the Hideoshi come here to build the biggest castle That one is built by Hide Yoshi The second general is the king of Japan Some Hideoshi was the king of the western Japan Yeah He controlled the western Japan But east Japan was controlled by the Tokugawa Yeah West Japan and eastern Japan And they just keep fighting Keep fighting But they they want to get a relationship They want to get keep a peace So the traditional way we do is the you know the political marriage This castle actually he come here to rebuild this castle 500 years ago in 158 years So so this castle was rebuilt a lot of time rebuild repair and so the castle the heavy is going different and the different heavy the castle is little move So the castle is like this Yeah not just go street like this because of this the stone because the different pressure yeah the stone couldn’t couldn’t support the castle 50 years ago the he government the new stone under the castle so that’s the original stone the first stone why we we passed a lot of gates yeah the big biggest gate and the second gate and here is a ster gate yeah why we have so much gate and now we have 21 gates to the to the castle 21 but the original one in the original one they got of 84 four 84 gates Right now we only keep 21 Every gates going to be smaller smaller smaller to the castle But that’s also for defensing the enemy Even way to the castle is really difficult to go because even the enemy come here they don’t know where which way to go like that way or this way Take a look about the the wall that the shape is like triangle like the circle like the rectangle in the wall That mean no not for the G for the mas for the cano the circle one the mate for the gun but the the rectangle that one for the arrow of for the arrow to shoot the enemy so all of the gates war is like this to get to defense enemy like the tour guide said as we get closer to the castle the gates are also getting smaller the main reason is to protect them from their enemies the the castle was made from the wood The fish can protect the wood from the fire That’s why we use the wood here They place the mythical creatures on the peak of the castle’s rooftop as they believe that it will be a fire protector The first floor is actually for the living room for the toilet for the washing room there And the second floor third floor fifth floor Just keep it away The top you will see the small shrine That shrine is for the the pray for the safe of the castle enemies On the first floor of the castle was where the family’s bedroom kitchen living room dining room were located while for the rest of the floors were for weapon storage The main keep of the Himiji Castle has seven floors Six floors were above the ground plus a basement in the stone foundation to support the entire center of the building [Music] Sixth floor top of the Heimji Castle’s main keep the small shrine called Osaka which is believed to offer protection against fire and other disasters [Music] Look at this timber frame of him castle’s main keep This model was built as a guide for workers for their renovation 1934 next start [Music] During World War II the city of Himiji was heavily damaged by air bombings but the castle survived and mostly unhawned 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 This has significant symbol of Himemedi Castle appearing as the family crest of the Aketa clan who were known to be the castle’s builders The entire area is referred as Himiji Castle Residents were housed according to social standing The high ranking samurai lived closer to the center We’re done climbing the castle Our tickets include going to the Koko and Garden which is next to the Himi Castle slightly short walk west of the castle’s main gate This is a Japanese style garden which features a pond with a waterfall and different garden trees that will definitely give you an ambiencece of tranquility and serenity Okay let’s go back to the bus for the next stop Now our boss took us to Coobe particularly to experience Arama onen which is a renowned hot spring town nestled in the mountains of rain onen This one just go outside I say we have two bath One is over there That is free for food Yeah just put the food inside and for free Stay there The entrance over here You can buy the TK over here And also the tower 200 500 the smaller one bigger one And also this soda inside [Music] This one is free I know I know Yeah Yeah Free But I don’t have the towels Eto lang Free Onsen is hot spring Japanese It’s hot Okay Yeah Later Maybe towel You brought your own towel Let’s try We are currently in Arama onen in Kov Japan and we are trying this free feet onen Certainly give you a good relaxation after a walk maxi 20 minutes 5 minutes [Music] They made the soda cracker like this Tansan senbe or soda crackers are traditional and popular sivenir from Arima onen are made by a carbonated spring water giving them a unique crisp and airy texture The best you maybe today’s I will be there Cheers Thank you Thank you Soda Made in Handmade in Japan Is it leather yes leather We have leather Cow leather Most of the cow leather These are made of kangaloo leather Oh kangaloo Yes The extension n chiffen jiffen [Music] Similar Yeah it’s similar with the lying lanterns and bag Yeah flying lantern But you know the meaning to to offer the food and the and the light to the god there in the ceremony people do that why they play the lai but actually in Japan we also do that but the cult is little difference we don’t have the cell phone we don’t have something so when the enemy coming he put the light the the light lamp and it shows out the enemy is coming to to tell the another castle that there’s a war going on yeah so it’s kind of the message Oh yeah To send a message But after that people started to use for for a pray for the god They write their wishes on the lanterns now and then they fly it Yeah Yeah Yes Right now they use for the praying But first time to tell the the message the enem is coming from the uniform house Okay Okay Here not temple temple You give us wrong information It’s a temple not a house That’s why it looks like a temple because it’s a temple We do some houses in the same design because like even you go to the Kyod Nala they have some house maybe 100 years ago 200 years ago the design is like this Oh why is this the same oneno ama this is Arama town So everything is in Arima Look at here The source of the onsen Still from the onen Yes Ste this is they they put the water for the hotel Okay It’s kind of the place to export the onen to the hotel Okay Distribute distribute the water It’s hot No How would you know the degrees temperature the here And from there is 99 99° from there Wow And the water is from there And they keep jumping jumping and more than 10,000 times the finally they successed like a teenager like the like the children So the because the children you have the unlimited possible to try anything you have the time you have the power to try everything and then you success fish is like the children So you know every year in Japan we have the children festival in the May not only power symbol as the uh it’s like you never give up you don’t have power try yeah maybe you just every time you you failed you never eagerness but you can’t when you fall down you stand you stand again and fall down again like not losing hope I’m joking I’m joking I’m joking oh now he’s joking to you h he’s teasing you already nothing to see because it’s So foggy This is the last iterinary area which is the Mount Roco A mountainous area where you can see both Coobe and Osaka cities Unfortunately due to bad weather only thing you can see is what the fog Hopefully your imagination works as this is what you can see during daytime and night time Very sadita guys We need a refund Don’t forget to tune in for more Japan travels And here’s the preview for the next episode in Simply Lori
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