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A short train ride from Tokyo will take you to the city of Matsumoto, and to Matsumoto Castle. One of Japan’s most stunning castles, Matsumoto Castle (also called Matsumotojo) was built during the Sengoku peroid – which is dubbed the Warring States period. It was a time of conflict in Japan that stretched from the [...]
Posted by Strange Houses on Monday, December 28, 2009 at 10:26 am
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Dar Al-Hajar is open to the public now as a sort of museum, though the Yemen travel website says that its “only jewel is the building itself.”
Posted by Strange Houses on Wednesday, September 16, 2009 at 11:28 am
Filed under All Houses, Off the ground, Strange Mansions · Tagged ala allah, architecture, art, beautiful place, castles, cool, dar al hajar, mansions, museum, palaces, rock, rock drawings, stream, travel website, yemen travel