I had a rare Sunday off, so my boyfriend and I took an overnight trip out to Okayama and other points west of Kyoto. I took scads of pictures and am in the process of picking the good ones to upload (my kingdom for a pro Flickr account....), so for now, I give you this - Okayama Castle.
Yeah. I could live there.
I'll post a full write-up... um... soon. You'll want to read it. More castle pictures than you can shake a stick at, the worst bowling score you've ever seen, and an example of why you should never be satisfied with computer translations.... Coming up next....