Hikone Castle Town in-depth article

This in-depth article about the Hikone Castle Town presents a good introduction to the parts most often missed by travelers who just head straight to the main keep. There's nothing wrong with that. It's a fantastic site, but if you have some xtra time in Hikone, why not look into some of these other features too. Of particular interest is the ashigaru neighborhoods and 20 former samurai homes now cataloged on this site. Check the link below for details!

https://jcastle.info/view/Hikone_Castle_Town

Two updates in two days! It's like Christmas for Jcastle fans. Actually I'm cleaning up a lot of updates from the year that have slipped by and trying to finish off some projects that were in progress before starting the new year. Unlike back home, Japan likes to do a big clean at the year end instead of Spring Cleaning, so consider this as one step in the year end Jcastle cleanup. I probably won't finish, but I'll make a good dent in it. As always, if you follow on Facebook (links in the footer) you'll get more real time updates of my castle travels and albums.