Ninja Castle
Next up in an action-packed day was Nijo Castle – or Ninja Castle as Naomi and I called it, but then we would, wouldn’t we? Nijo Castle was the home of the Tokugawa Shogunate from 1626. The complex covers a massive walled off area near the centre of Kyoto and contains a moat and expansive gardens.
This is Ninomaru Palace:
The floorboards around the Ninomaru Palace are creaky, not because of their age but because creakiness was built in by design. It’s an early warning system in case of intruders. Maybe that should be an “early early warning system”.