One a long journey from somewhere, to . . . somewhere (I think I remember seeing rice, hung up to dry/cure. . . .), we decided to leave the station, and search for an old medieval castle.  Already kinda' "travel burnt," this added a more than trivial (and somewhat "time dependent") trek.  We went anyway, 'n stuff.

      The view, of this castle, was worth it.  Wow. I worked very hard, in an attempt to take the perfect picture [of it].

      I wanted to contrast this, with Odawara's modern skyline.

      I was absolutely fascinated with this tree.  I don't even know what kind it is.  It is–obviously–ANCIENT.

      On the plus side, I managed to find, on the way back–in one of Japan's ubiquitous drink machines–my (quite rare) favourite drink.

       :) :)

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