July 2000

Interactive Tour of Tsurugajo

Aizu Wakamatsu’s Famous Castle [1384-, 1590-, 1639-1874, 1965-present] These are the notes that I would use to tell the story of Tsurugajo when I did a tour of the castle. The questions were used to make the tour more of an interactive activity than a lecture. This castle was originally...

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Interactive Tour of Iimoriyama

Learn about the history of Aizu through a role-playing game. Instructions Explain the idea. (We will give each of you a character. You will be asked to respond to a question in character. Think carefully about what your character might do in such a situation.) Hand out roles using nametags...

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Story of the Byakkotai

BACKGROUND Edo period – shogunate rule (local lords, no central government) Bushido – samurai were not busy with war, since Edo era was a 200 year era of peace Tokugawa (shogun) was in power, many people didn’t even realize that there was an emperor Meiji Restoration – give emperor real...

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