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Matsuyama Castle

Okazaki Castle tower

Hiroshima Castle tower

Uwajima Castle tower (Important Cultural Asset)

Kanazawa Castle

Toyama Castle 富山城

Entrance to Honmaru Goten palace, Kawagoe Castle.

Fukuyama Castle tower

Kameyama Castle

Imabari Castle 今治城

Nakano (Hino Castle) in Hino, Shiga Pref. The castle was built in 1534 by Lord Gamou Sadahide (1508-1579).

Stairs to Kakegawa Castle tower

Toyama Castle

Maruoka Castle tower

Chiba Castle

Fukuoka Castle, Kinen Turret

Twin turrets of Akashi Castle

Kochi Castle tower

Otowa Castle's hilltop center, now a playground.

Jonai Bridge to Karatsu Castle

Maruoka Castle

Cherry blossoms and Chiba Castle

Inuyama Castle tower

Himeji Castle tower, a National Treasure. 大天守

Ninomaru Palace entrance, National Treasure

Osaka Castle tower closeup

Kanazawa Castle

Nagoya Castle tower, reconstructed in 1959.

Roof tiles made of stone on Maruoka Castle

Takashima Castle

Inuyama Castle roof

Toyama Castle

Kumamoto Castle 熊本城

Okayama Castle 岡山城

Matsue Castle tower 松江城

Kumamoto Castle 熊本城

Okayama Castle

Nagoya Castle, Northwest corner turret

Fushimi Turret as seen from Nijubashi Bridge. Edo Castle was first built by Ota Dokan (太田道灌) in 1457 when Tokyo/Edo was still a small fishing village. Ota Dokan is thus regarded as one of Tokyo's forefathers. 伏見櫓

Fujimi Turret, Edo Castle 富士見櫓

Foundation of castle tower or donjon. In 1657, there was a great fire in Edo and a stray ember set the castle tower on fire and destroyed it only 19 years after it was built. It was never rebuilt. 天守台

Otemon Gate, Edo Castle's main gate. 大手門

Gate to Seta Castle, Otsu, Shiga Pref. 瀬田城跡

Hachiman-yama Castle wall

Takamatsu Castle turret

Yoshida Castle turret

Mihara Castle tower foundation

Onomichi Castle (tourist facility)

Kubota Castle

Hirosaki Castle tower

Fake castle in Atami, but a landmark nevertheless.

Iwakuni Castle

Nagahama Castle, Shiga

Nagahama Castle and cherry blossoms.

Hikone Castle's main tower is said to be originally the castle tower for Otsu Castle whose lord was Kyogoku Takatsugu. It was moved here in 1606. This main tower is designated as a National Treasure.

Hikone Castle

Himeji Castle (National Treasure)

Iga-Ueno Castle and cherry blossoms, Mie Prefecture. During the Meiji Restoration, Ueno Castle's structures were dismantled as with many other castles.

Iga-Ueno Castle and cherry blossoms, Mie Prefecture.

Hikone Castle and Genkyu-en Garden in fall

Saga Castle palace, rebuilt in 2004 after 3 years of construction. 佐賀城本丸歴史館

Imperial Palace Nijubashi Bridge. It is one of Tokyo's symbols. Behind the bridge, you can see Fushimi Turret. This picture was taken on a different day and not while we were crossing the bridge.

Path to Gifu Castle tower

Tsu Castle, Ushitora turret

Azuchi Castle Museum (Azuchi Jokaku Shiryokan)

Odani Castle, Dai Hiroma (large hall) ruins

Azuchi Castle tower replica at House of Nobunaga

Kiyosu Castle, Aichi Prefecture. Oda Nobunaga moved to Kiyosu Castle from Nagoya Castle in 1555. From Kiyosu Castle, he went to defeat the Imagawa at the Battle of Okehazama.

Kiyosu Castle

Kiyosu Castle tower and rock garden. 300 yen admission for the castle tower. Open 9 am to 4:30 pm. Closed Mon. (open if a national holiday).

Kiyosu Castle's 2nd floor includes this mannequin setup showing Oda Nobunaga and his cohorts.

Kishiwada Castle

Kishiwada Castle moat

Kaminoyama Castle, Yamagata Pref. The building is four stories high reconstructed in Nov. 1982. The design is based on the castle existing in 1535.

Kokura Castle, Kita-Kyushu

Kokura Castle

Minakuchi Castle was originally built in 1634 as a rest place for shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu during his travels to and from Kyoto. But the shogun stayed at the castle only once.

Nagahama Castle in summer.

Obama Castle stone foundation for the main castle tower. No structure remain. No moats remain either, except for the two rivers which served as a natural moat.

Odawara Castle and cherry blossoms.

Ogaki Castle's cherry blossoms were more beautiful than I had expected.

Ogaki Castle in April

Ogaki Castle and cherry blossoms

Kawamori Castle, Ryuo-cho, Shiga 川守城跡

Shibata Castle, Niigata (Sangai Yagura Turret)

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.

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.

Sendai Castle's Waki-yagura turret at the site of Otemon Gate. Reconstructed in 1965. We cannot enter it. 脇櫓

Waki-yagura turret at Sendai Castle.

View from Sendai Castle's Honmaru. Sendai has over a million people. On clear days, you can also see the Pacific Ocean.

Statue of Lord Date Masamune at Sendai Castle's Honmaru.

Yaji in front of Sumpu Castle in Shizuoka city. 「東海道中膝栗毛」十返捨一九

Sunpu Castle's Tatsumi Yagura Turret and Higashi Gomon Gate.

Sumpu Castle's Higashi Gomon Gate and bridge 東御門

Sunomata Castle and gourd sculpture. The gourd (hyotan) was Toyotomi Hideyoshi's trademark as well as a symbol of this area.

Sunomata Castle.

Aizu-Wakamatsu (Tsuruga-jo) Castle, Fukushima Pref. The reconstructed castle tower (ferro-concrete) is based on the 5-story castle tower Kato Akinari built in 1639. "Wakamatsu" was named after a place in Hino, Shiga by Ujisato.

Wakamatsu Castle, Fukushima. Totally modern on the inside (renovated in 2004), the castle tower is a history museum. It displays swords and portraits of the Byakkotai Battalion of teenagers who valiantly butneedlessly committed suicide on Iimoriyama Hill.

Wakayama Castle

Wakayama Castle's main castle tower is connected to a corridor leading to two other turrets. On the left is the entrance to this castle tower complex (tenshu-kuruwa 天守郭).

Cherry blossoms and Wakayama Castle tower.

Wakayama Castle as seen from Inui Turret.

Yamagata Castle's Ninomaru Higashi Otemon Gate. This gate and turret were accurately reconstructed in 1991 based on Edo Period documents and Meiji Period photos. 二の丸東大手門

Behind Ninomaru Higashi Otemon Gate

Inside the Ninomaru Higashi Otemon Gate turret at Yamagata Castle. Very impressive construction. Still new-looking even after almost 20 years.

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