This makes me think of my visit to castles in Japan. Most of them were destroyed by natural disasters or fire at some point and had to be rebuilt. Some castles were rebuilt in their original style while some were modernized.
When I visited the ones rebuilt in the original style I felt like I entered a time machine and the history and culture I had learned about felt very real and near, and I felt motivated to learn more.
You look at Osaka castle from the outside and it’s majestic. But once you enter it’s just a f*king museum. You completely forget you’re in a castle. It still pisses me off how one can not only neglect but destroy their heritage like that.
When I visited the ones rebuilt in the original style I felt like I entered a time machine and the history and culture I had learned about felt very real and near, and I felt motivated to learn more.
You look at Osaka castle from the outside and it’s majestic. But once you enter it’s just a f*king museum. You completely forget you’re in a castle. It still pisses me off how one can not only neglect but destroy their heritage like that.