Comments by "Jordan, inside-outsider in Japan" (@Jordan-inJapan) on "What a Japanese Castle Town is Like Nowadays" video.

I live an hour or so from there, in another castle town: Matsusaka. I was surprised at the similarities! Merchant district, old-style buildings and streets,... our castle doesn’t have a palace though, since it was defensive only. Oh, and we also don’t have a brewery. Yet. Lots of sakura trees and beef restaurants, though. Kp!🍻
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@ValentinaMitchell1 This area is not as ‘flashy’ as the big cities are, but it has a special connection with old-Japan and the roots of modern Japanese culture. Actually, made a video about my own castle town a couple of years back. It’s a bit embarrassing to post after Greg’s masterpiece, but it gives some insight into the culture of cherry-blossom appreciation that you might not see elsewhere. Check it out if you’re interested! https://youtu.be/vnJm1wr0FzA
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Ouch. But, yeah that’s just how things are. My mother’s side of the family: Scottish and British. My dads’ side: Ukrainian and German. (In both cases one country’s military did horrific things to the other.) And somehow I’m here in the world, and without hate. (And living in Japan, some reason.) We just move forward.
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@o_o825 Damn. But yeah, that’s how it goes I guess. Eventually those wounds heal, but it can take generations.
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