Osaka Castle

Oh my goodness.
It only took me forever and a day to get around to posting photos from my trip to Japan.
Sorry for the delay, everyone...!

Osaka castle is quite possibly the most impressive thing I have ever seen.
Even though the one we got to tour is a reconstruction, and the inside a museum, it's still beautiful.

It's surrounded by several raised platforms, and sits atop the highest one. It's also guarded by a moat.
Over the course of history the castle has burned down and been rebuilt several times. The last reconstruction was ordered because it was damaged during a bombing in 1945.