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Kameyama Castle is now headquarters to a religion called Omoto-kyo which acquired the castle property in 1919. Only stone walls and moats remain.Statue of shachihoko.
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Kameyama Castle was built by Akechi Mitsuhide in the 16th century as his base for his conquered Tanba region.
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Statue of shachihoko roof ornament
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Castle compound and moat
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Castle moat
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Entrance to Omoto-kyo HQ and former castle grounds
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Stone foundation
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Hiroshige's woodblock print of Kameyama (47th post town on the Tokaido) from his "Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road" series. Kameoka was formerly named Kameyama.
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