Heroic Dreams - All Things Medieval

I have been slowly processing my trip to Japan and adding information, thoughts and pictures to my various websites and blogs. Yesterday, on my medieval castle website,  I created a new page about Shuri Castle with lots of pictures and information about it. It’s quite amazing to me how Japanese castles are similar to their European counterparts in some ways, yet very different in other ways. For example, these castles all employed very large stone walls, used terrain to their advantage and used concentric circles as a good technique for defending the castle. Anyway, I have all this stuff about Shuri Castle here.

 Thinking about going to Japan?

If you are dreaming about, or considering a trip to Japan I have to highly recommend the good people over at Esprit Travel and Tours. They have the kind of travel services that just bring things to another level.  A good example of this is their “In the Shadow of the Samurai - Spring 2010″ tour.  This is the kind of tour that really helps you see and understand the real deal in Japan. They will visit the famous castles, collections and real samurai houses. With a tour like this you really get a good feel for the real thing.

You can learn more about Esprit travel and their Samurai tour here. I am not affiliated with this company, they were just really helpful to me when I was planning my trip to the land of the Rising Sun.