Sunday Oct 25. Took a group of friends on a tour of the Sekigahara Battle site, the Rolfes, an Australian family, and the Horiba family. The two younger boys had made their own suits of Samurai armour out of cardboard, and carried plastic swords.
The actual battle took place 409 years, 4 days prior to us arriving....(Oct. 21, 1600) over 30,000 Samurai were killed in what was to be the biggest Samurai battle ever, and a major turning point in Japanese history.
We visited not just the main battle site, but most of the sites where the War-Lords had set up their war camps and armies too. We walked the majority of the distance and had lunch, (Thanks to Debby) at the base of Mt. Matsuo, site of the Western Army's leader, Ishida Mitsunari's war camp
There's a bit of a history revival going on in Japan right now, and history-buff girls are now known collectively as "Reki-Jo", (Rekishi=history, Jo=Josei or girl...) and I met a couple of Reki-Jo near the Eastern Army's' Head Burial Mound...
After a full day of visiting the site and associated museum and places of interest, the boys still had enough energy to wage their own battle in the museum car park. We only managed about a quarter of the important sites and locations regarding the battle and so we're planning a second tour in the coming months...
Sunday Oct 25. Took a group of friends on a tour of the Sekigahara Battle site, the Rolfes, an Australian family, and the Horiba family. The two younger boys had made their own suits of Samurai armour out of cardboard, and carried plastic swords. 
The actual battle took place 409 years, 4 days prior to us arriving....(Oct. 21, 1600) over 30,000 Samurai were killed in what was to be the biggest Samurai battle ever, and a major turning point in Japanese history.
We visited not just the main battle site, but most of the sites where the War-Lords had set up their war camps and armies too. We walked the majority of the distance and had lunch, (Thanks to Debby) at the base of Mt. Matsuo, site of the Western Army's leader, Ishida Mitsunari's war camp
There's a bit of a history revival going on in Japan right now, and history-buff girls are now known collectively as "Reki-Jo", (Rekishi=history, Jo=Josei or girl...) and I met a couple of Reki-Jo near the Eastern Army's' Head Burial Mound...
After a full day of visiting the site and associated museum and places of interest, the boys still had enough energy to wage their own battle in the museum car park. We only managed about a quarter of the important sites and locations regarding the battle and so we're planning a second tour in the coming months...
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