Most viewed - Shibata 新発田市 |
Sangai Yagura Turret with three shachi sculptures on the T-shaped roof. Unique to Shibata Castle. Unfortunately, we cannot enter this turret since it is within the Ground Self-Defence Force base which occupies much of the castle grounds.262 views
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Shibata Castle, Niigata (Sangai Yagura Turret)261 views
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Sangai Yagura Turret, Shibata Castle 三階櫓, Niigata. The castle never had a tenshukaku castle tower (donjon), so this turret was the grandest castle structure.258 views
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Completed around 1654, Shibata Castle is the only castle in Niigata with Edo-Era structures still remaining. Two turrets were reconstructed in June 2004. 257 viewsThe castle grounds is also occupied by the Ground Self-Defence Forces, making the area open to the public quite small. One of the reconstructed turrets is also inaccessible due to the military base. Still, it is one of Japan's 100 Famous Castles. Entrance to Shibata Castle.
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Shibata Castle Park map218 views
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Statue of Horibe Yasubei (1670-1703). He looks toward Edo (Tokyo).178 views
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Horibe Yasubei was also a master swordsman. 堀部安兵衛173 views
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Sangai Yagura Turret, Shibata Castle. Reconstructed in June 2004 with traditional building methods taking 2 years. 三階櫓154 views
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Sangai Yagura Turret, Shibata Castle 三階櫓144 views
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Shibata Castle is also called Ayame Castle 菖蒲城.143 views
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Banner with the five-diamond clan crest. Sangai Yagura Turret in the distance136 views
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Kyu-Ninomaru Sumi-yagura Turret, one of the two surviving Edo-Era structures. The castle originally had 11 turrets and 5 gates (no castle tower). The Meiji government ordered its destruction in 1872. All the structures were dismantled except two.127 views
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Statue of Lord Mizoguchi Hidekatsu (1548-1610), the first lord of Shibata Castle. 溝口秀勝124 views
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Kyu-Ninomaru Sumi-yagura Turret, an Important Cultural Property 旧二の丸隅櫓115 views
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Moat leading to Kyu-Ninomaru Sumi-yagura Turret114 views
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Omotemon Gate, another Important Cultural Property114 views
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Kyu-Ninomaru Sumi-yagura Turret. Toward the base above the stone wall, notice the "namako-kabe" pattern wall 海鼠壁. It resists snow. 旧二の丸隅櫓113 views
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Inside Tatsumi Yagura Turret 辰巳櫓113 views
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Inside upper floor of Omotemon Gate 表門113 views
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Due to the Meiji government's castle destruction order, most of the castle moats were filled in except for this one next to the Honmaru. After World War II, US troops occupied the castle grounds for a short time..112 views
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Shibata Castle is the only castle in Niigata with Edo-era structures still standing.110 views
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Sangai Yagura Turret, Shibata Castle 三階櫓110 views
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Omotemon Gate 表門109 views
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Inside upper floor of Omotemon Gate 表門109 views
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Tatsumi Yagura Turret, reconstructed in June 2004. 辰巳櫓108 views
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Statue of Lord Mizoguchi Hidekatsu (1548-1610), the first lord of Shibata Castle. 溝口秀勝108 views
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Steps to Tatsumi Yagura Turret, reconstructed in June 2004. 辰巳櫓108 views
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Ground Self-Defence Force base occupies half the castle site (since 1953). The reason why we cannot enter the Sangai Yagura Turret seen here within the base.108 views
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Across from the Omotemon Gate is a small park with a statue of Hirobe Yasubei who was from Shibata and one of the 47 ronin (masterless samurai) who avenged his master Lord Asano of Ako, dramatized in Chushingura.108 views
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Stone wall with perfectly-fitting stones. No gaps between the stones.106 views
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Inside Tatsumi Yagura Turret 辰巳櫓106 views
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Ceiling of Tatsumi Yagura Turret104 views
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View from upper floor of Omotemon Gate 表門104 views
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Inside Kyu-Ninomaru Sumi-yagura Turret104 views
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Omotemon Gate, one of two Edo-Era structures in Shibata Castle and an Important Cultural Property. 表門103 views
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Second floor of Tatsumi Yagura Turret102 views
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Tatsumi Yagura Turret 辰巳櫓101 views
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Inside Kyu-Ninomaru Sumi-yagura Turret101 views
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Second floor of Tatsumi Yagura Turret100 views
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Stone dropping slot99 views
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Tatsumi Yagura Turret. Traditional building methods were used to reconstruct the turret.98 views
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Kyu-Ninomaru Sumi-yagura Turret, one of two Edo-Era castle structures. 旧二の丸隅櫓98 views
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Kyu-Ninomaru Sumi-yagura Turret 旧二の丸隅櫓97 views
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Second floor of Kyu-Ninomaru Sumi-yagura Turret97 views
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Sangai Yagura Turret96 views
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Entrance to upper floor of Omotemon Gate96 views
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Inside Kyu-Ninomaru Sumi-yagura Turret95 views
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Kyu-Ninomaru Sumi-yagura Turret 旧二の丸隅櫓94 views
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