Himeji

We went to Himeji today. The train ride was 1 hour long. We got there and visited the castle but couldn't go inside because it was under construction. It was really hot +25 but we somehow didn't get a sunburn. We walked around the grounds and took many pictures. We then went to Mount Shosha. We went and saw some very nice shrines and temples. We were supposed to be able to see some special wooden statues which were made in 1007 and were on display together for a few days only, but because of construction they closed the shrine and you can't see them anyway?... We were a bit confused by this but there was nothing to do about it. The best part is that we saw the temple where "The Last Samurai" with Tom Cruise was filmed. We went inside and there was pictures of when they filmed it. We walked around and we were told about the fake sakura blossoms which were attached to the tree to make it look like it was blooming, and the snow scenes which were made using lots of corn starch!