Today I took the Hikari Shinkansen from Kyoto to Himeji station and walked 30 minutes to the wondrous Himeji castle. It's one of the few remaining original (wood) castles in Japan.
Here's a view from the top floor.
After touring the Himeji castle I stopped by a small restaurant for lunch and had a dish called kamameshi.
I spent the next two hours exploring the Himeji gardens which were very peaceful. I also stumbled upon a samurai movie being filmed.
After coming down with heat exhaustion again, I napped on the train ride back to Kyoto and had a low key evening of laundry, lots of sushi, and a shiatsu massage.
