Tuesday, March 15, 2011

HONNOJI REVISITED

Hotel Honnoji! The Honnoji was the temple the great warlord Oda Nobunaga was staying at when one of his generals turned traitor and killed him in 1582,...so I guess, expect friends to attack and burn you alive when you stay here?
Behind the hotel is the Honnoji Temple itself. The original site is now an old folks home, while this Honnoji was rebuilt about a kilometer away after the assassination of Nobunaga. As it was, I was 30 seconds late,...as I neared the temple, the priests were shutting the big wooden gate... If I hadn't taken that hotel shot....D'Oh...

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