Hirado Castle

Today we took a 40 minute ride north to Hirado.

This is a temple outside of Hirado Castle. This area was the first in Japan to encounter Christian missionaries.

Another temple outside of the castle.

I liked this wall of umbrellas.

Here is the actual castle. We chose to stay outside but you can walk up the stairs to the balcony on the 3rd floor.

After exploring outside of the castle we continued up the hill.

This is the memorial to the first English person to come to Japan. His name was William Adams.

Another view of the castle.