Images of Japan
00-nagoya
The japanese castles.


Images of Japan.
Photos taken during a travel around the world on summer 1968.
These themes are illustrated in "Images of Japan": the festivals, the temples, the gardens, the castles, the japanese men and women.
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Map showing our itinerary in Japan.

Map of Japan


1-hakone 2-hakone 3-himeji 4-kochi
Japanese castles:

Castles used to defend the strategic positions during the war of the Edo period.
Hakone, Himeji, Kochi, Nagoya, Inumya, Kumamato, Osaka. 		5-himeji
6-nagoya 7-inumya 8-kumamoto 9-kumamoto
10-osaka 11-kumamoto




21-matsumaya 22-kurachi 23-okayama 24-himeji
25-matsumaya 26-okayama
27-okayama 28-okayama Japanese castles:

Castles of the Edo period, occupied by the Shogun and used to defend the territories.
Matsumaya, Kurachi, Okayama, Himeji, Matsumoto et Matsue, Kochi. 		29-matsumoto
30-kochi 31-matsumoto



Marco Polo or the imaginary journey (Photos taken by the author during a trip around the world in 1967-68) ©2007 Jean-Pierre Lapointe
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Japanese people.

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