Today we visited Hamamatsu City in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Hamamatsu was home to a very famous shogun named Tokugawa Ieyasu. We stayed overnight at a very nice campsite called Harunokawa Ito No Sato, which sits along the Kumakiri River. They offer fenced sites for people who want to enjoy the opportunity of allowing their dogs to roam free. On the second day, we visited 2 castles in the local area. All in all we had a great time. Hamamatsu is also well know for its unique style of gyoza (pot stickers). We bought some at a supermarket along the way, and cooked them in our camping car, but I cooked them wrong and they became a delicious soggy mess. I was too embarrassed to show you the result. Enjoy the video.
The two castles we visited:
Futamata Castle was constructed in the early1500s. It was one of the main defenses for Hamamatsu Castle, the home castle of Tokugawa Ieyasu. Famously, in 1579 Ieyasu’s eldest son, Nobuyasu, was ordered to commit suicide by his father, per the wishes of the head of the very powerful Oda Clan.
Hamamatsu Castle was constructed in 1532. It was destroyed as part of the Meiji Restoration. A replica of the castle was reconstructed in its place in 1958. Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first shogun of the Tokugawa Shogunate, fought several famous battles from this castle.
Music: Epidemic Sound, “Cotton Candy” Mattias Tell
Campsite: Harunokawa Oto No Sato https://kawaoto.jp
Location: 〒437-0604 静岡県浜松市天竜区春野町宮川2098-1
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