The keep of the Himeji castle on top of the hill.
The man on the raft was cleaning the moat.
Many people came to Himeji castle in the spring to see the cheery blossoms.
And many companies had marked the location for their evening flowering-viewing parties.
The west hall was where the workers lived.
The model of the princess in the princess’s room.
The up close view of the magnificent keep of the Himeji castle.
View of the Himeji castle from the top story of the keep.
This court was said to be the place where samurais performed seppuku.
Lazy cats in the Himeji castle
Akashi-Kaikyō Bridge held the record of longest span of a suspension bridge.
The model of the Akashi-Kaikyō Bridge was used to test the aerodynamics of the bridge in a wind tunnel.
The structure at the left hand side of the bridge was the bridge’s observation deck.
The transparent floor on the way to the observation deck.
The seemly infinite steel structures of the suspension bridge.
The busy ship lanes on the Seto inland sea.
View of the Maiko park from the observation deck.
回到平穩的陸地上，明石大橋的橋邊有一間木造的西式洋房，是當年神戶的華僑蓋的。國父在為革命募款時曾經在這邊住過，所以現在這間洋房開闢為孫文紀念館。拿著中華民國的護照，來到這邊卻不走進孫文紀念館，感覺有點怪怪的，所以我們盡了國民應盡的義務走進港內參觀。紀念館內介紹了國父的生平和中華民國的開國史，以及國父為了募款多次來到日本的事蹟，感覺其實有點像是在複習三民主義和本國歷史。倒是不知道是哪一國的幽默感，館內的國父全身銅像居然會轉頭，在陰暗的房間內瀏覽展示品時突然發現雕像的頭轉向我們，著實被嚇了一跳。
There was also a Dr. Sun Yat-sen museum at Maiko. We visited the museum of the founding father of Republic of China mostly out of curiosity.
The replica of the very first member ID of the Kuomintang, which was also founded by Dr. Sun Yat-sen.
We had ramen for dinner. The cube could be put into the soup to change its flavor.
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