Castle by the sea

 Another day of driving took us to a castle perched up on a hill. 

Didn't take any photos looking over the side, probably because I didn't want to go too close.

We had to park across the road and go down stairs, through an alleyway and up the other side. Fascinating murals on the walls under the road.

Once we got to the other side, we could see lots of steps, groan, I hate steps but a sign pointing to the left advising of a lift 100 metres away. Ah, just the ticket.

The lift needed to be paid for but because we were over 70, it was free. We must have looked old as we didn't need to show ID, cost was 200yen about $2.20 and it didn't go straight up it went diagonal.

Before we got to the town of the castle we drove through a forest of very old trees that were very twisted because they were planted as a wind break for the castle.

Actually I did take some photos over the side but I didn't get too close to the edge.