The WILD legend of Mist Castle

[@osricfinvara3415]

This is fascinating. Your videos are first rate. I love the music in this one as well. Thanks for making this!

[@kiwiyamabushi]

Amazing, thank you so much for the support!!

[@osricfinvara3415]

@@kiwiyamabushi You're quite welcome. I really love Japanese history, there's just something about it. The more ancient the better, if you ask me. This isn't a region I'm familiar with, but of course it has mysterious lore of it's own.

[@kiwiyamabushi]

⁠@@osricfinvara3415yes, me too! Japanese history is the best. On an international scale, this area hardly anyone knows about but it is simply covered in intriguing stories like this one. I keep finding them wherever I look. Shiro-yama, a mountain right next to Tokami-yama had its own 300-style story unfold too, for example!

[@martsukiso]

Amazing! This is fascinating! Thank you for sharing, I will add to the list of places I want to go someday.

[@kiwiyamabushi]

Thank you! The mountain is a really good hike, not hard and with a rewarding view. Yamagata castle is a fun place to just hang out in! Especially when the cherry blossoms are out!

[@daolinchen]

ah that mountain is easy to spot, lovely

[@kiwiyamabushi]

It’s so triangular there’s even a rumor humans made it!

[@erinnstreeter]

So interesting! Thanks for the tour, Tim. Love your videos!

[@kiwiyamabushi]

So glad you enjoyed it!!

[@Peekingduck]

AWESOME video, super interesting !

[@kiwiyamabushi]

I’m glad you thought so!! Thanks for watching as always!

[@Jim58223]

Weird I think youtube removed my comment

[@kiwiyamabushi]

This one’s here, I don’t see any others :(

[@Jim58223]

@@kiwiyamabushi The first one was "This is so weird, cause I was just watching a lecture called "Guns, Paper, and Swords: Constructing Samurai Identity in Modern Japan" on the BYU Library Lectures channel. From the 22:15 min mark to 35 min mark they talk about the Mogami clan and Yamagata. Then you post this. There's a screen from the area which was thought to be a battle the Mogami clan participated in but it turns out it was actually one of the earliest depictions of the siege of Osaka depicted by the clan. I highly suggest watching the lecture if you have time. The time stamp I included is the portion where the lecturer talks about it, the other parts aren't related and by different lecturers."

[@kiwiyamabushi]

@@Jim58223 I just watched it. Wow. What an amazing story. I need to go to that temple. I’ve been to Kaminoyama (not Kamiyama) castle before. It was very similar to Osaka Castle in that it had been turned into a museum, and it’s actually extremely close to Tokami-yama, I wouldn’t be surprised if you could see it in my video, in fact (I’ll have a look now). Tozawa is the name of the town next to us here in Sakata. I remember reading it was named after the Tozawa clan but didn’t look much more into it. Now I have a reason to. Thanks so much for sharing!

[@kiwiyamabushi]

@@Jim58223 ja.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%89%E7%A6%85%E5%AF%BA this place, Kozenji temple. Will go there next time I’m in town (should be there in December).

[@kiwiyamabushi]

@@Jim58223at 1:04 to the right is where Kaminoyama Castle is. Can’t see it, but that’s where it would be.