After the visit to the Fox Village we decided to explore Shiroishi a bit more as we'd seen in the distance a castle that we fancied having a look around. After walking through a the rural edges of town that felt quite like a scene from an anime, stopping off at a local supermarket for some food and a zen garden in a nearby temple, we came up to the hill housing the castle, which after visiting we found out had been owned by Date Masume and dated back to the Edo era.
The castle itself was split into barracks for the Samurai and a central area that housed the date himself. Inside the central area you were free to climb to the top up a very steep set of staircases, but were presented with a beautiful view of the town in all directions.
