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Title: Himeji Castle replica took builder 19 years
Post by: Guchi_Jnr on June 27, 2007, 02:08:38 AM
Hiroyasu Imura spent 19 years pursuing his boyhood dream of faithfully producing a replica of Himeji Castle in Hyogo Prefecture.

The 69-year-old former insurance examiner completed his model of Himeji Castle at a scale of 1:23 in the garden of his home in Ise, Mie Prefecture, in April.

Since completing the model, Imura has been deluged with visitors. The replica has even impressed a curator of the municipal castle research office in the city of Himeji, where the real fortress stands.

The castle was listed in 1993 as a UNESCO World Heritage site along with Horyuji Temple in the ancient capital of Nara.

(http://www.japantimes.co.jp/images/photos2007/nn20070627f2a.jpg)
Hiroyasu Imura works on his Himeji Castle replica in the backyard of his home in Enza, Mie Prefecture. (http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20070627f2.html)

Nice...Wonder if the guy also included the seppuku (samurai suicide) area? Guess he must have..
Title: Re: Himeji Castle replica took builder 19 years
Post by: thatguy on June 27, 2007, 03:04:37 AM
he should create several thousand scaled-people to represent all of the tourists that hound the castle

XD
Title: Re: Himeji Castle replica took builder 19 years
Post by: nop on June 27, 2007, 04:10:32 AM
The power and will of hobbyist.  No wonder Open Source Software is so great.
Title: Re: Himeji Castle replica took builder 19 years
Post by: Guchi_Jnr on June 27, 2007, 06:51:42 AM
Quote from: thatguy on June 27, 2007, 03:04:37 AM
he should create several thousand scaled-people to represent all of the tourists that hound the castle
XD

I must be lucky, cause the 2times I've been there, there were only around 50 or so others..

But yeah, I know what you mean.. Some touristy places are just crazy packed.
Title: Re: Himeji Castle replica took builder 19 years
Post by: thatguy on June 27, 2007, 07:43:59 AM
(http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/8043/l1020670yl9.jpg)
some tourists. there were actually so many people that you had to wait to get inside, in order not to over-weigh the castle inside.

(http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/6643/l1020625lk9.jpg)
some people wanted to clim the castle, hehe
Title: Re: Himeji Castle replica took builder 19 years
Post by: schol3s on June 28, 2007, 12:48:09 AM
damn.... the old man in good....
feel like trying it out too...
but i rather spend 18 million yen on something else man....
Title: Re: Himeji Castle replica took builder 19 years
Post by: chibilolli on June 28, 2007, 05:28:21 PM
Quote from: thatguy on June 27, 2007, 03:04:37 AM
he should create several thousand scaled-people to represent all of the tourists that hound the castle

XD

When I went there as well it was very quiet. I think in some areas there wasn't anyone about. Just me, a guy that was on the tour with me and the tour guide. It was quite a windy day though. Must've put people off.
Title: Re: Himeji Castle replica took builder 19 years
Post by: makeme on June 28, 2007, 05:43:00 PM
12 years to do the stone wall alone!?
Damn, talk about being focused. Would have gave up after the first week. XD