User talk:Spitzfan

Japanese castles
Hey, Spitzfan. Sorry to revert your edits without explanation or questioning. I did not mean to be rude; it just seemed like the kind of thing a subtle vandal might do. I cannot speak for anyone else, but I always tend to be suspicious of people without user accts or user pages. Not your fault, really. I'll have to check my source ("Japanese Castles" by Stephen Turnbull) to see whether he calls them musha-gaeshi or shinobi-gaeshi. In any case, thank you for your contributions, welcome to the 'Pedia, and good luck in the future! LordAmeth 18:24, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

Image of Hosokawa Gyobutei or Suizenji Koen
User:Spitzfan wrote: I believe the title and caption of this photo to be in error ( found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumamoto ). It is in fact a photo of Suizenji-Jojuen. Compare the image you posted to images on the following pages. Suizenji Park: Note the left-hand photo in the second row of photos. http://www.uchiyama.info/oriori/kanri/toukou/suizenji/ This is an overhead diagram of kyuu-hosokawa-gyoubutei: notice the lack of ponds and big rocks. http://kumamoto.e-machi.ne.jp/sh/gyoubu/mitori.html You took the photo so I thought I'd be courteous and give you the opportunity to make the correction yourself rather than "boldly edit" what you've posted.
 * I bet you're right! Often, I write on the back of a print to indicate where I took the photo. In this case, I was able to locate the print (among many boxes of old pictures) but there was nothing written on the back. So, I must have been relying on memory, which (given that I was in Kumamoto in 1995, a few weeks after the earthquake that devastated Kobe) is not trustworthy. The name "Suizenji" is vaguely familiar... but then again... having been to Chuzenji and Shuzenji, I've heard many similar names.
 * Please feel free to go ahead and make the bold edits. There's no reason for me to doubt that you're right. Thanks for the correction. Fg2 05:01, 18 February 2006 (UTC)