Shimabara Castle

LINKS Welcome to Shimabara City. http://www.city.shimabara.lg.jp/english/index.html Japan National Tourist Organization (JNTO), Unzen / Shimabara. There's a popular hot springs resort near Shimabara. http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/location/regional/nagasaki/unzen_shimabara.html From "My Travelogue Manga of Japan (Sans Drawings)," by Kat Avila, Sequential Tart, May 2006: Sun., April 2, 2006 Overnight lodging: Shin-Osaka Youth Hostel I'm feeling a little frayed around the edges. I arrive at Shimabara Castle after taking an expensive train ride to get there (a guide book might have helped at this point). The JR pass could not be used. The castle is linked to the famous Shimabara Rebellion, an unsuccessful 1637 uprising of mostly Christian peasants [lead by Amakusa Shirō].
statue in front of train station	from the train station	Shimabara Castle		carp in city stream	storefront with Girls' Day doll set
castle entrance	samurai armor next to the castle ticket window	view from castle roof looking down at the kendō tournament	Amakusa Shirō, leader of the Shimabara Rebellion	Amakusa Shirō
children's kendō fencing tournament with bamboo swords	kendō tournament		kendō tournament
kendō tournament		kendō tournament