HIMEJI CASTLE - History And Full Visit 姫路城

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5 жыл бұрын

The first episode of the Samurai castle series. This video is dedicated to Himeji castle, its history and defensive structures. There are two more incredible castles in Japan, Kumamoto and Matsumoto. If you liked this video and you would like me to make a video dedicated to Kumamoto Castle and Matsumoto castle please consider helping me reach the budget needed to go to Kumamoto and Matsumoto while I'm here in Japan! One dollar donation through my patreon page would be perfect! You can donate one dollar and then cancel the donation if you want and I'll go to Kumamoto and Matsumoto making these videos for you! :D
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@shadiversity 5 жыл бұрын

I see castles, I click to watch.

@metatronyt 5 жыл бұрын

Ahaha but of course :D

@ccalhoun3908 5 жыл бұрын

Metatron what was it like being back in Japan?

@daddyleon 5 жыл бұрын

*+Shadiversity* But what about DRAGONS?

@Skogsmard 5 жыл бұрын

Shadiversity please follow up with a castle review of Himeji Castle.

@339blaster 5 жыл бұрын

ZA BATORU OVU SEKIGAHARAAA

@shade9592 5 жыл бұрын

You went to Japan to film this?! OMFG... Thank you Metapatrons!

@EBlade-rc2ry 5 жыл бұрын

Yea he was flexing on everyone on Instagram.

@user-kk1bo8hw7h 3 жыл бұрын

LOL

@gerardfarresfranch7242 5 жыл бұрын

One of the things that bothers me the most about this matter is the sheer number of castles that did not survive! I would have loved to see Kasugayama castle, a mountain citadel and one of the biggest most powerful castles in Japan... Well we will have to make do with the ones that survived, and Himeji is a piece of art. I greatly enjoyed this video and I do have to say, you chose a good time to visit, i recall repairs and maintenance finished not too long ago so the castle looks whiter than usual! Great video man!!

@daltoncook209 5 жыл бұрын

Nothing says we can't build one

@gerardfarresfranch7242 5 жыл бұрын

I know what you mean, but I can't help but feel it will not be the same...

@laniusmaxon5281 5 жыл бұрын

@@user-cr3pn7rk2v wrong. When the Tokugawa Shogunate took over they ordered the daimyo to demolish nearly all of their own castles except for one per region to make sure said daimyo couldnt amass power. This was during the Edo period, almost 250 years before the "big, bad, tewwible dum b americans" came over.

@ruthlessimagination 5 жыл бұрын

This is why we need a time machine

@ousamadearudesuwa 5 жыл бұрын

@@laniusmaxon5281 sadly Tokugawa did it to maintain control after his victory to be the Shogun of Japan

@birdmonster4586 5 жыл бұрын

This Is Bloody Excellent content. Definitely happy my patreon money helped fund this!

@MichaelBerthelsen 5 жыл бұрын

And since this is the White Crane castle, if you're taking the Shinkansen to Kumamoto, a stop at the Black Crow Castle in Okayama might be fun. Much smaller, but with an amazing sakura garden (in spring) in the feudal household next to the castle. And the whole castle is black, to contrast directly with Himeji Castle.😉

@leovicctanteo4537 5 жыл бұрын

I've been waiting for this.. THANK YOU!

@kleinjahr 5 жыл бұрын

Yup, use the terrain to funnel opponents into kill zones. Even the gardens could be designed that way. Good solid, thorny hedges can be quite effective, even today. Always wondered if they ever used rice paddies as a sort of moat.

@SonsOfLorgar 5 жыл бұрын

Probably. I would. And I'd cultivate raspberries and roses specifically to get nastier thorns as well as bigger, tastier berries.

@Shashu_the_little_Voidling 5 жыл бұрын

9:45 What about Takeshi's castle?

@jebstewart7295 5 жыл бұрын

So cool! Great video, Metatron! You have some really great footage here. cant wait to see the others!

@hadenpone7936 5 жыл бұрын

Finally!!! Thanks for this great content!

@blaise1368 5 жыл бұрын

This is awesome! Thank you Metatron :)

@requiemaeternam3406 5 жыл бұрын

My second favourite castle ever!! Great work Raph!!!

@veritasardens6547 5 жыл бұрын

I love the intro "Let's go to Japan altogether!" when everyone was thinking that we would have a regular video ;). thanks to those who made this possible!, that was a total surprise! :) :) :)

@tibfulv 5 жыл бұрын

I did notice there were an overabundance of Roman paraphernalia for a video about Japan, lol.

@jvlivs777twitch6 5 жыл бұрын

Thx for making new videos,I'm a huge fan of yours since the historically roman videos :)

@curteye22 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Metatron, glad you could make it back to Japan. I’ve been missing the place a lot ever since I went there for the first time. BTW this is your old chap, Anz Bryan

@gibbeldon 5 жыл бұрын

I consider myself lucky to have been able to visit Himeji Castle in person. It was truly an awesome experience!

@bepisman4127 5 жыл бұрын

Congratulations on 300k subs man! ❤️

@SengokuStudies 5 жыл бұрын

Just for some clarification..... The tenshu was not the full time residence of the daimyo in most castles like this. There was another building on the grounds called the goten, often translated into English as palace, that was the daimyo's residence, leisure, study, offices, ect... If I remember correctly, the goten was typically, albeit not always, in the nihonmaru. The thenshu was a military building to be used in times of war. Again this is for this type of castle, the late 16th century and later. There were however a few exceptions. Oda Nobunaga had residences in the tenshu of both Gifu (the first castle of have a tenshu) and Azuchi castles when he was there, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi had a residence in the tenshu of Osaka Castle for when he was there.

@sojer002 4 жыл бұрын

I’m a tour guide who’s going to Himeji Castle this week with customers, this was very helpful!

@jovegajo 5 жыл бұрын

I love Himeji Castle! Went there a year ago, incredibly beautiful and functional all at once!

@AlessandroRodriguez 5 жыл бұрын

Kudos for your work Metatron!

@garchomowner 5 жыл бұрын

Damn, this premium format is awesome.

@jarmangade9111 5 жыл бұрын

I remember doing a school project on this, why did you have to bring back horrible memories!

@The_Kentuckian 5 жыл бұрын

This is great. Reminds me of those documentaries you'd watch in elementary school.

@southernwanderer7912 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome trip and history lesson.

@MichaelBerthelsen 5 жыл бұрын

One cool thing to show if you're near Osaka castle are the blocks that have been thrown down (and thus were not destroyed during the bombing of the castle during WWII and subsequent rebuild with concrete), as they have maker's marks from the people who supplied it. Pretty interesting.😉

@agochoa 5 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love your videos. So informative and interesting.

@GorastMK 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for you sharing some experience and knowledge!

@TheFallofRome 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent as usual!

@someonesilence3731 5 жыл бұрын

Roma Aeterna!

@bliblivion 5 жыл бұрын

nice video, and a really interesting topic.

@shaider1982 4 жыл бұрын

Man, I just visited this last tuesday! Yup, it was awesome.

@edwincaraballo2414 5 жыл бұрын

Very beautiful ! I loved it and hope u get to go to the other castles very soon in the furture ! I say a job well done

@tsunderechan8160 4 жыл бұрын

Metatron is a man of the people

@Youngimperialist 5 жыл бұрын

So cool! You went to the Castle in person:)

@SpirallingOut 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent video

@saplamidis 5 жыл бұрын

hi metatron, i have watched a lot of your videos and i think they are great and educational,but i havent seen one about the medieval period roman empire(byzantines) and i would love to see a video about their tactics,castes,armor,weapons and all the wonderful thinks you cover in your videos.thanks and keep it up

@jenghizkan154 5 жыл бұрын

It's really cool that you actually went to Japan!

@melonchilisauce4219 5 жыл бұрын

Fantastic!

@nealsterling8151 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing!

@cotechino905 10 ай бұрын

Sto leggendo vagabond, qualche video sul castello Himeji non poteva mancare! ed ovviamente salta fuori un tuo vecchio video xD

@COctagons 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome content, and I love seeing these amazing places up close. But I noticed something... I think it's about time you updated Chibi Metatron so he reflects your current appearance.

@fullyverified7491 5 жыл бұрын

Ah I went to himeji castle two weeks ago! Such a beautiful place.

@sfranger50 5 жыл бұрын

Wonderful video. Keep up work like this. The greater the detail and insights that you can bring to your videos the more they will be enjoyed and shared. On a personal note, two thumbs up, cheers and applause for you on your new (new to me anyway) hairstyle. I also would say that the clean shaven look shows you to be most handsome, while retaining your youthful charm. Keep up the great work !

@elijahc.brooks3493 5 жыл бұрын

This is intriguing, metatron. The history of Japan is amazing.

@elijahc.brooks3493 5 жыл бұрын

One more thing, Metatron. If it’s not too much ask, would you make your videos every day? I know your busy but you're like my favorite tv show. Could you do that for your fans and I? Thanks, Elijah C. Brooks

@yana_1547 5 жыл бұрын

Exquisite architecture and wonderful nature, so serene. Grazie e buon viaggio.:)

@monopoly1027 5 жыл бұрын

Great content as usual. I just wish it were longer. You'd think a trip all the way to Japan would merit a video longer than 11 minutes.

@heyyoutroll5070 5 жыл бұрын

I know you don't have 300K sub rn but when you hit it congrats dude!

@vebjrn455 5 жыл бұрын

Very nice video! Would have loved to see more about the layout of the castle, a top down view or a map would be great. -If-When you travel to the other castles (hopefully you'll get enough support to do both!), it would be great if you could film more in detail and explain where in the castle your are, what function that part has etc.. Kinda what you did in this video, but with much more detail and some sort of map to more easily orient us viewers! Good luck on funding the other two videos, I'll see what I can chip in with :)

@4Timesdafunky 4 жыл бұрын

This will forever be my favorite spot in Japan.

@crozraven 5 жыл бұрын

but what about "duragon" desu??!

@ousamadearudesuwa 5 жыл бұрын

Dragon is Ryou in Japanese

@ExcelonTheFourthAvalonHeirs 5 жыл бұрын

@@ousamadearudesuwa Duragon = Dragon. Ryu is another type of dragon, Asian type dragon like you see in dragon ball. While Dragon is European type dragon. Oh, wait. I think I should refrain myself because you know Japanese culture better than me.

@ExcelonTheFourthAvalonHeirs 5 жыл бұрын

@@ousamadearudesuwa BTW, Ryou or Ryō is not the same as Ryu.

@ousamadearudesuwa 5 жыл бұрын

@@ExcelonTheFourthAvalonHeirs nah you are quite correct, I mispelled and make mistakes on Japanese Folklore.

@ExcelonTheFourthAvalonHeirs 5 жыл бұрын

@@ousamadearudesuwa You know what? The person above you, he make that comment as joke while you respond it so serious and you make mistake as you try to correcting him. *Slow clap

@londiniumarmoury7037 5 жыл бұрын

Great video.

@pietrofavaretto4771 5 жыл бұрын

it's incredible the current condition of the castle which is almost 1000 years old, really nice one

@MegaMirza2000 5 жыл бұрын

Guys WTF this is amazingly high quality content and for free and after one week there are only like 10k views? Internet still amazes me.

@gamersheep8533 Жыл бұрын

his scripts are mostly from wiki

@oldgoblin7312 5 жыл бұрын

When you did the night shot of the castle, it would have been cool to see it all lit up with torchlight, like it would have been back then. The modern spotlights really light it up though.

@OrangeSolaire 5 жыл бұрын

Raf which songs did you use for the background music, and where did you get them? Awesome video and thanks so much for this amazing info!

@KK_himeji 5 жыл бұрын

I was born in Himeji, and now also live in Himeji. Thank you so much for introducing our Himeji Castle. We also call Himeji Castle "Shirasagi-Jo" which means "Castle of Egret". Many movie directors chose Himeji City to take Japanese Samurai movies, the most famous one is "Last Samurai" taken by Tom Cruise. Furthermore, Himeji has many traditional cultures. If you are curious to come to Himeji for Sightseeing, please check the website below; www.himeji-kanko.jp/en/

@FeeDBacKMKII 5 жыл бұрын

Himeji Castle is great and also the city around it its so relaxing there and not so busy like tokyo or osaka. By the way if someone was wondering why there are fish sculptures on the cornrs of the roffs this are dragonfish there function was to protect the castle from fire and every japanese castle had them well we all know how effective that was most of the other castles ;)

@BlackRust 8 ай бұрын

Dropped here to say hi after your "Shogun" trailer review. Expected long hair, got familiar voice in young body. Anyway... Hi 🖖

@littlesalvo000 5 жыл бұрын

Beautiful🌍🌍🌍🌍

@TheJoeyboots 5 жыл бұрын

I do not think a triangle arrow port is as efficient as the vertical rectangles angled on the inside.The walls are amazing I never knew no mortar was used wow. Wonderful travel VLOG Metatron ! How surprised would the locals be seeing you in your Samurai armor there?

@MannenFromNorth 5 жыл бұрын

Ooo so that's why you spread your wings, back to land of nippon

@hardface80 5 жыл бұрын

Yay field trip!

@justinreilly6619 5 жыл бұрын

Very beautiful. It doesn't really look like a defensive structure and it's defensive features have to be pointed out to be noticed.

@Goldenleyend 5 жыл бұрын

This man straight up went to japan for the sake of a video, what a legend

@MichaelBerthelsen 5 жыл бұрын

Himeji, always my favourite castle here in Japan. Amazingly beautiful, and with an amazing history! Sadly the armament displays have been greatly reduced since the refurbishment that finished in 2016...

@maxchatterji5866 5 жыл бұрын

I would have loved to have seen a top down view of the strategic wall placement. Perhaps you could do a video on that. Great video as always!

@Riceball01 5 жыл бұрын

He should commission Shad to recreate the castle along with its walls and moats in 3D so that he can do this in a future video.

@aaronhello8913 5 жыл бұрын

I love that you went back to Japan to film this, thank you. However, I think you missed an opportunity to document your experience returning to Japan. Perhaps you can say how it felt like comming back, but thanks for the video.

@Downloadguy1995 5 жыл бұрын

すごい!

@chriscalvin5083 5 жыл бұрын

good video

@jasonnicholas8648 5 жыл бұрын

dedication Level 1000..

@warrenokuma7264 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome! And what did you eat there?

@olakosaurus2233 5 жыл бұрын

9:12 the three frame bird

@xNephilimxXx 5 жыл бұрын

Raffaello, if I may make a suggestion! How about for historical authenticity and for entertainment, how about you cover the next episodes in Japanese with English and Italian subtitles?

@ousamadearudesuwa 5 жыл бұрын

Raph feeling the nostalgia once he returned to Japan

@Tomoyuki473 5 жыл бұрын

should definately check out the Odawara castle too!

@DougsDiggers 5 жыл бұрын

Weren't you going to do a video on Japanese women's underwear or something a few years ago? I might be thinking of something else but I'm pretty sure it was you. I'm still waiting for that, even if it wasn't you that said it.

@seedfan8548 5 жыл бұрын

It's great seeing someone covering japanese castles. But I was wondering a couple of things. What did they use for Machiculations and did they ever include some sort of parapet? Also, if you do end up getting funded, could you do some videos on ruins and how they met their fate?

@wimmer3324 5 жыл бұрын

Next time maybe include a top down view of the castle. It will help to show the complex layout of the castle

@Donbasos14 5 жыл бұрын

That intro: 2+2=4, 4-1=3 quick maths, everyday Shad&Metatron on the Castles, smoke enemies.

@oldgoblin7312 5 жыл бұрын

Always strategic to build your castle on top of the highest hill you can find. Then if you are under attack you just roll big rocks and logs down the hill at them lol

@manusiabumi7673 5 жыл бұрын

Minor correction: There was no "Toyotomi Hideyoshi" in 1581, it was Hashiba Hideyoshi, he didn't change his name to Toyotomi until around 1586 or 87

@tibfulv 5 жыл бұрын

@Joshua JO Indeed, it's literally the same man with a name-change.

@artix548 5 жыл бұрын

From a defensive standpoint, the only thin that would concern me about this castle design would be if the enemy really wanted to burn it down or if the First Crusade somehow showed up with a trebuchet.

@averroesthecommentator2989 5 жыл бұрын

In Japan they could build the internal structures of their castles higher than their walls because the country is very mountainous, so armies weren't able to pull around large artillery like trebuchets. In the Mediterranean and Europe, however, artillery was a very real threat which is why the castles of those regions tend to be more reticent regarding how tall their internal structures are.

@V4zz33 5 жыл бұрын

I'm conflicted about this one, especially since you'd like to make a series out of it. After watching the video, I felt, that I still yet to see the castle... The video is very informative in Metatron quality, but you show us very little of the castle compared to how much time you've spent there. I have no idea what you're allowed to film and where to go within the castle. No shots from the inner rooms, like how they look, from the inner courtyards, or to be amazed by the maze that you're talking about... lots of shots out of focus, but maybe it's cool from an artistic point of view I don't know, just feels odd... I hope that you plan to make a part two video, where you show more of the castle. Don't get me wrong, you deserve these trips for the amount of quality content you made for us throughout the years, but the castle videos could be a lot more... in my eyes anyway...;))) Thank you for your hard work, Metatron!

@nilsbachellery6939 5 жыл бұрын

excellent contenu bravo!! pour l'anecdote je retournais a Kyoto depuis Hiroshima et la une japonaise, voyant à ma tête que j'était pas un autochtone, me secoue pour me montrer ce château par le hublot de Shinkansen et elle a tiré son mari (en le réveillant en sursaut le pauvre) pour que j'en fasse une photo

@irispaiva 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Metatron, do you know Tenchu? It has castles and japanese manors on it, not the finest but worth a look.

@lycagos1278 5 жыл бұрын

keep being shaved teen metatron very very good camera angles of the castle

@Mikey-ym6ok 3 жыл бұрын

Saw this on my one cup sake and had to look it up on KZfaq lol

@satansamael666 5 жыл бұрын

It’ll be awesome if you would make a video discussing Chinese castles since you also know some things about Chinese culture.

@Leubast 5 жыл бұрын

"Let's just go to Japan!" Well, that escalated quickly!

@Mikey-ym6ok 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine what you could do if you didn’t have any kids. Couldn’t say let’s go to blah blah anymore. Lol

@achondar1 5 жыл бұрын

Ik went There last November. It is a very pretty and large Castle. It was also fun toch see how all the defensieve positions interlocked and howe alle the paths where funneled to very deadly eareas for the atackers. Also i went to kamumoto. Sadly was the kamumoto Castle closed due to damage from a earthquakethe year before. And IT Will be decades before al the damage is repaires. Is kamumoto open again for visitors?

@j.fletcherskorpius551 5 жыл бұрын

🏯🎌

@Tiagabby4 5 жыл бұрын

1:30 at the video you can sing along to the song called whatshername from green day lol I swear it sounds the same

@ExcelonTheFourthAvalonHeirs 5 жыл бұрын

Can you make video about siege or siege weapon in Japanese history.

@johnsamu 4 жыл бұрын

I am watching in Global Pandemic year 2020 now, looking back to 2018, a year when you still could take a flight to foreign countries without too much hassle.

@sorens-0662 5 жыл бұрын

Metatron if you do read this I have a question and one I’ve wanted to know for almost 3 years now. Did all samurai wear Mempos?

@justinandrei3650 5 жыл бұрын

Hey metatron, do you still play For Honor? If yes, what faction are you and who is your main?

@justinandrei3650 5 жыл бұрын

@ASMRdaddy ok thanks.

@superluigisamurai6060 5 жыл бұрын

Watch out for burikkos metatron,if you see one spread your wings and fly away.

@jacopoarmini7889 5 жыл бұрын

one thing I envy to japanese castles is their coexistance with nature, they fit in the landscape as if they were always there, unlike european castles that tend to stand out from their surroundings.

@CaptainVincentRiley 5 жыл бұрын

I don't know, some of the castles I've seen in Irland seemed like extensions of the cliffs to me, like they were always intended to be built there.

@jacopoarmini7889 5 жыл бұрын

CaptainVincentRiley I understand, but in Italy, especially from the Renaissance, untamed nature was perceived as brutish and uncivilized, thus all castles and important buildings have extremely orderly and artificial gardens, that purposefully do not blend in with the environment.

@averroesthecommentator2989 5 жыл бұрын

Very true, they were definitely built beautifully in this fashion