Castle walls provided good protection from enemies - and the elements. NOVA: Was a castle assignment a plum one for medieval men or women? Holmes: Given the ups and downs of medieval life ...

To listen in on the guards, we climbed to the top of the exterior wall of the Imperial Palace to the west of where the guards are standing and crouched up here. Edge closer to the guards using ...

followed by the castle walls leading to the large Tenshu in the south. Immediately in front of you when you enter the southern courtyard is a guard and the third Samurai Daisho. What luck.

The first Samurai Daisho guards the outer bailey and can be found located at the topmost corner of the castle fortress. It's best to simply climb atop the castle wall, jump in behind the darkness ...

manned by three guards. Ignore the entrance and look to the right, where you'll find a small segment of scaffolding that you can climb into a broken wall into the castle. Scale the wall and survey ...