How I understood the title; Metatron defends Kumamoto castle, is attacked by 20k samurai´s and an erthquake, and didn´t die!

Japanese castles look very beautiful...

Metatron, Your knowledge of Japan’s history is incredible! You’ve inspired me to be more intrigued of Asian history. Please make more, sir! These castles are exquisite.

Will the Citadel survive the onslaught of Metatron's 300k Elite Yamabushi subscribers? Well done on 300,000 - with this force we can make our move on Kyoto!

Top tier quality videos, you should get more subs

damn what happen to this dude hair, just started watching this channel again, on a serious note, love the professionalism of this video, it reminds me of the nhistorical documentary shows I used to watch as kid in the late 90's on Discovery and History Channel before all the pawn store, dirty jobs and mechanic reality tv shows took over the programming

Hope you join abroad in japans 2k cycle across japan 👍

Nearby the castle on a hillside toward the station in a forrest is the tomb of one of Kumamoto's historical leaders. His tomb is surrounded by dozens of stone lanterns - each one representing a servant or vassal that killed themselves on his death - so not to serve any other lord. The diverted river running around the castle which acted as a moat has quite a few huge koi living in it - despite the ferocious flow in rainy season. There are built shelters where they can hide in this time. A fantastic castle town. Highly recommended for the castle, and nearby active volcano Mnt Aso. Some of the best scenic driving or cycling routes in the world dotted with amazing hot springs and temples. Two of the best ramen places in the world are also in town. My mouth is watering with the memory.

Metatron the best channel on yt

The Italian Samurai sounds like a good story idea

300K subscribers, Raf, and well deserved besides being hard-earned. Continued success, my brother.

Tbh i really felt this on a personal level, we had an earthquake last night.

I am from Kumamoto. I was born and raised there. My ancestor was samurai and served for this castle, so when the earthquake struck, I cried. I was there 2 months ago. While the re-construction of the castle is well under way, it now looks too modern. I sincerely hope they can retain the old style and create traditional looks and feel of the old castle.

You M have a GREAT speaking voice; why i subscribed! Well done, man.

Congrats on reaching 300k subs

Soon as I saw the notification I clicked :D

I heard first time about Meiji restoration in AtsuHime, a historical soap opera(I think), and later I learned more after I played Shogun 2 TW, this period was fantastic some kind of Eastern(and reverse of American Civil War).But there was a faction a republic in Hokkaido what was stand by France!

Japan was already on my bucket list of places to visit, but this just adds to my desire to go.

Weirdly enough, I first heard about Kumamoto in a visual novel about trains.

Love your videos

Love the haircut brother

The last tourism part was... Special :D But nice job !

You have to do a video on Sunomata Castle. I always thought the story of a fort built under the nose of an enemy in one night was awesome.

Japan is such an amazing place to study warrior life... the moats and walls you could stare at and wonder how many tried to get in ! Amazing

Good video

Great Video, i just wish it was a bit longer.

I visited the castle in Kumamoto soon after the earthquake, Kumamon greeted me at the train station. While in Kyushu you should visit the meji restoration museum if you visit Kagoshima. Also the Atombomb museum if in Nagasaki. Aaah I wanna go back to Japan soon again, I had so much fun!

Could you make a vieo about war chariots? I haven't seen anyone covering it and I think it is a really interesting topic keep up tha great work man.

Konbanwa gozaimasu! Arigato, for the video.

nice

Excellent job as usual. I notice most of your Japan videos focus on the Heian-Sengoku eras. Any interest in the Meiji-Showa periods?

Kato Kiyomasa was one of the commanders during Imjin war(Japanese invasion of Joseon Korea). At the later days of the war, he was besieged by the Ming and Joseon troops while he was defending the castle of Busan. During that long siege his army ran out of food, which almost cause him to starve to death. Lucky for him he managed to escape and return to Kyushu. Due to this horrible experience, he was obsessed about building a castle that could withstand a very, very long siege. He dug up plentiful wells to have access to fresh water all time. And he also ordered his men to make the floor covers(dadami) with sweet potato stems. So he could boil it and make it into emergency rations during desperate times.

please make more videos about the yumi and kyodo archery!! (also mounted :) )

Hello Metatron! Nice video! I have a question related to japanese. I am about to start learning japanese and would like some advice on what to consider before and while learning japanaese. Any advice?! Thanks in advance.

I spent a day at the castle 5 years ago while on a business trip. It's very accessible even to non-Japanese-speakers. In addition to the impressive exteriors, some of the buildings had exhibits and recreations inside. The earthquake that damaged the castle destroyed my employer's office in the Kumamoto suburbs.

Very glad they are trying to repair the castle. Would be a tragic shame to allow it to fall into ruins.

Badass castle to survive all that.

Miyamoto Musashi cave is in Kumamoto. Where he wrote his book Gorin no sho before he died. You should do a video on it.

Hello Metatron. As a language learner and teacher, what is your opinion of the language learning app and website that is "Duolingo?"

While we're still on the island of Kyushu, is Metatron going to make a video on the Shimazu clan one day?

Just a question have you ever analyzed the armor of popular video games? For instance games like Dark Souls, for Honor, and Kingdom Come Deliverance? If you have or have not have you assess the possibility of whether or not they wood function as historical armor would or if they are based on any style of historical armor?

What is/are the name(s) of the background song(s)? Awesome video!

WOW! :O

Long time fan from California. Any chance I could get your opinion on Amazon's: The Man in the High Castle? 🎉

You're in Japan!? Damn, I've fallen behind. Watch out for the jingoists!

Is there a mountain castle still standing in japan today? I bet they are worth the look.

Love this video, however i hate to nitpick... at 5:55 you called Toyotomi Hideyoshi the "Shogun"... and i know he was almost functionally Shogun, but his actual title was "Taiko" ( he was not given the title of Shogun due to his low birth, from what I understand). Keep up all your awesome content!

Discovery channel hire this man

Is this a new series? Will you be covering castles in Europe as well?

Still say Metatron looks better with long hair. 😆

could the fire be done by remaining shinobis or by a mistake from the army inside the castle itself ?

Didn't go to Kyūshū this is interesting

What do know about Cabayan combats ?

I wonder how many earthquakes has this castle seen

I always wondered. Did the Japanese back then ever use siege engines like the Euros did?

Is this rebellion the same one that, the Last Samurai was based on?

I think the walls have no mortar, so how do they resist earthquakes?

What? Those were MASICULATIIIOOONNNNSSSSSS!

Sudăcî, sūdoku

20 years ? Are they trying to build it with traditional method ? How long did it take for them to build it back in the day ? Also Kumanoto, I am guessing it share the city with that Komamon bear.

Kumamoto sakamoco?

One question, given the climate of the country, did the black colour cause problems to its occupants during the summer?

Was Hideoshi shogun? I thought he was of common birth and was therefore Taiko?

I have family in Matsumoto.

63.4 billion yen = 559,330,650.00 USD FYI

Ever thought about buying a nobility from sealand

just by coincedence, there was an earthquake in the Ionian sea

*MACHICOLATIONZUUUUUUU!!!!*

Metric system rules!

Hi Metatron, always been a big fan of yours. Sorry if this is irrelevant to the topic but I'd like to show you a cool video kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bdmUodGFyK2cdWQ.html. This is a promo vid for a historical reenactment event held in China just a few weeks ago. This is especially awesome because unlike their Japanese counterparts, Chinese armors have been long forgotten even by the Chinese ourselves. Modern artisans and enthusiasts only have ancient manuscripts, artworks, and a very small number of actual archaeological finds to reference from, seeing these armors being brought back to life and these epic battles being reenacted is like a dream come true to me. It'd be really cool if you can share your thoughts on the topic, thanks!

Κρυομασα (/Coldchewer) Cato? Oh no. Not another Cato guy again.

7:40 & 7:50 is that a Legend of the 5 Rings image? great game! too bad Fantasy of Flight and Games bought it, I hate their dice system and they are ruining the beauty of the Roll&Keep system that fit so perfectly with the scenario. In Roll and Keep you row X dice and keep Y as given by atributes and skills, this mean you can chose to failure a test, be it to make the game more interesting, be it because your lord demanded so, in FFG you have to buy THEIR dice with random symbols that you have to memorize, then you throw dices as determined by atributes, skills, difficulty of the task, other condidtions andGM's desire, count the total of each kind of symbol, subtract some of them, add the others, then look up a non-sensical table to see what your results meant for this kind of test. Oh, and you can't "chose to failure" even if your lord so demanded, you roll high on a task you were supposed to fail? too bad, you suceeded, you roleplayed that you tried to save a friend even though it would be much better plot-wise for the character to die and rolled high? too bad, now you better find something to do with him, 'cause he is alieve... somehow...

You could get a job at the BBC