Karatsu day trip

     

I woke up bright and early and drove to the city of Karatsu in Saga Prefecture (on the island of Kyūshū.) I’d been tracking the weather all week and the weather on the day was absolutely superb.

It was a fairly easy schedule, first was the castle of Karatsu (lots of repairs going on.) Then I visited some temples whose main gates had come from Karatsu castle via Hizen Nagoya castle. Finally, I drove up to see the thoroughly-fascinating Hizen Nagoya castle itself. I did manage to get some good photos but camera battery life was a limiting factor. It’s okay, there will be a next time.

Below is one of the first photos I took of the castle. The man fishing had just thrown some chum in the water to lure in his breakfast.

A man fishing at Karatsu castle.

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  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=9800312 Travis Seifman

    Great photo! I love especially how the sky came out. Just like in ukiyo-e!

  • http://twitter.com/RekishinoTabi Rekishi no Tabi

    Looks like it was a fun trip. I’m looking forward to seeing and reading more!

  • Anonymous

    Thanks Travis. Just between you & me, I did do a little tweaking to the picture. The gradient of the sky was one of the things to have been enhanced.

  • Anonymous

    Thanks Lonny. I’m actually just putting together a video now. Trying to work out the optimal quality settings of the audio & video is a bit tricky.

  • http://www.budgettrouble.com/ Anna Ikeda

    I was also going to comment on the sky, but I see that someone has beat me to it :-)

  • http://twitter.com/Tornadoes28 Jon L

    Beautiful. Especially love the castle across the way sitting above all the green.

  • Anonymous

    Yes, you were beaten but your comment is still appreciated. And actually in response to Travis’ comment I’d said I did some tweaking to the image, but after checking the original image, turns out I’d tweaked it a lot less than I first thought.

  • Anonymous

    Thanks. I’m totally with you. It does look good amongst the lush green.

  • Hitomi Noguchi

    Hi,I’m Hitomi Noguchi.I am very sorry that I can not say “Thank you so much for teaching with me.” I am working at Miyanojin JHS, I miss Tanushimaru JHS and you. How are you ? and how is 3rd grade students? Please say hello to all of Tanushimaru members.
    Your photo is really beautiful. I am very busy and tired,but I can relax and enjoy your ” Japanese Castle Explorer. Thank you so much. Good luck and see you again.
    I will do my best at Niyanojin JHS.
    Hitomi Noguchi

  • Anonymous

    Wow, hi Noguchi Sensei! Thank you for dropping by. It was a pleasure to teach with you. I just hope I will remember all of the things you taught me in my first year as an ALT. 1st, 2nd & 3rd grades are all much easier this year, I guess because everyone knows me better now. It should be a good year.

    Please enjoy yourself at your new school and don’t work too hard.