Happy New Year everyone. Ok now that that is over...
Osaka castle rocks. Really sweet. Osaka itself rocks. For anyone on the fence about visiting Japan, just know that Osaka is considered the food capitol of Japan and Kyoto is considered the clothing capitol of Japan. And they're 40 minutes (Osaka) and 10 minutes (Kyoto) from me. So yeah, my location is killer.
Osaka Castle took fifteen years to build, reaching completion in 1598. Interestingly enough, the guy (Toyotomi Hideyoshi) who had it built died the same year it was completed. His son didn't seem to have the leadership abilities of his father. He pissed somebody off and 17
years later the castle was overrun and the Hideyoshi clan was no more. Lightning struck the tower twice in a span of five years, exploding gun powder on one occasion and burning down the main tower on another. America did it's part in 1945, damaging the castle yet again. It was restored in the late 90s.I was going to write more, but MTV Japan is showing 100 Best Songs of the 90s. So yeah....I'm gonna have to check that out.
haha what a joke ...." I attended american univeristy where I'm most proud of my three Patriot League Academic Honor Roll selections"...you have to take this out otherwise people with think you are 1. a nerd
ReplyDelete2. Gay because thats what ur proud of.haha.....I need to make a little profile thing thou
What am I supposed to say I'm most proud of....the basketball? Hahaha
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