My son, who's a second grader in elementary school, went to a field trip by foot to a city park in their neighborhood the other day. As we live in Nagaoka City of Niigata Prefecture in Japan, Yukyuzan Park (悠久山公園) is one of our city's simbolic places. They boast a castle-like building as well as play equipment and a small zoo. My son and other classmates visited the castle whose inside accommodates a local history museum. He brought home a leaflet of the house, so I thought it's a good chance to show you a Japanese-style caslte and so scanned it.

 

 

 

 


Nagaoka City local history museum, which is the castle's name, is located on a hill, the city's estern part. You can see a whole view of Niigata Plain Field at the observation deck on the fourth floor.


Back to my son's excursion, when he left home for school about seven fourty, there was no rain although we saw some crowds. But, unfortunately, those students encountered heavy rain during outside. As a mother, I couldn't give a helping hand to students but wished rain would stop. He came home with his raincoat wet. Poor my son! However, he appeared to enjoy the journey with no complaining.