Loire-6

Although houses stand nearby, it must have once been a majestic castle towering over the Loire River. Behind the walls, on the left, you can see not the Loire River, but its tributary, the Maine River, which flows into the Loire just downstream. This means that the castle was located at a strategic point for logistics. The castle is called Château d’Angers. The castle is impressive with its many towers and drawbridges, but it is best known for the oldest tapestry of the Apocalypse in France, which is huge and makes you feel like you’ve been transported to another dimension.

Personally, I feel somewhat familiar with this place because the son of a colleague of mine attended university there, but I don’t think many people from my home country of Japan would go there. Another reason is that the honey produced at a bee farm in a rural town one hour from here is delicious, so I have some fond memories of this place.