Sunday, November 15, 2009

Odawara Castle



On our way home from Hakone, we stopped in a city called Odawara. We had read about it in a brochure and it sounded like fun. They had a park that had a 5 story donjon (castle) that you could tour with a museum inside, a zoo, children's playground, etc. It sounded like something the kids would love. About the only thing the brochure got right was the castle. The zoo consisted of a little cage of monkeys and they children's playground was overgrown. We still had fun. The castle was impressive and inside they had a museum showcasing different things, like armor, statues, etc. It was interesting and thankfully a lot of it was in English, so we knew what we were looking at.

Kailey going up the castle steps--she is just so cute!
Ethan and Daddy on the castle steps--look really closely and you will see them.
View from the top of the castle
The zoo--this sad little monkey cage--Ethan is making his monkey face in the picture.

2 comments:

Carrie Medford said...

What fun! And Kailey looks adorable with those pigtails.

d said...

I loved this place! Cannon got his head stuck in between the monkey cage bars. We didn't check out the children's play place- but we saw the cool train. great short trip on the way to the grand Hakone!