South and I were finally dropped off at the station (having stayed out much later than I anticipated), and we talked in the waiting room for a long while until our Rapid train finally arrived. I got off at Matsue and headed straight for the castle as dusk was rapidly approaching. I made it in time to get some nice pictures of it illuminated, and was able to walk around the castle grounds freely. I ran into one person walking their dog, but it was otherwise a perfectly still night.