Matsumoto Castle (松本城, Matsumoto-jō) stands majestically amid the City of Matsumoto, situated 600 meters above sea level near the center of the Matsumoto Basin, and with a background of the 3,000-meter-high Japan Alps, which extends westerly. One of two old names of this town, Fuchu (provincial government) and Fukashi (basin) was taken as the name of a fort when it was constructed at this spot by a samurai in the early 16th century. The spot is said to have been selected especially because it was believed upon divination that the spot was auspicious and prosperously blessed by shijin (the four guardian animals: the tortoise, dragon, sparrow, and tiger). The Fukashi Castle was renamed by Ogasawara Sadayoshi in 1582. This historic castle is an original construction, and one of the 4 castles in Japan to be listed as national treasures – the others being Himeji, Inuyama, and Hikone. ____ Nikon D80, 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G VR HDR. 3 exp. tripod. Photomatix / Nikon CaptureNX
Both this and Himeji are fun to climb inside and get to the top :o) Another ‘failure of mine’ was that my camera ran outta charge as I was gonna take shoot this one – thats the truth :o( Cool foreground, nice reflection, great detail, nice colours – gonna stop now cos I cant fault it :o) Even the cool red bridge where the entrance is : nice comp, seriously.
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Both this and Himeji are fun to climb inside and get to the top :o)
Another ‘failure of mine’ was that my camera ran outta charge as I was gonna take shoot this one – thats the truth :o( Cool foreground, nice reflection, great detail, nice colours – gonna stop now cos I cant fault it :o) Even the cool red bridge where the entrance is : nice comp, seriously.
This is stunning! Please consider adding it to Historic Places
Wonderful picture:)
beautiful scene
gorgeous
super image, I also started to use CaptureNX2, love result a lot
always a favorite!