Last additions - Nakasendo Kano-juku and Kano Castle 加納宿・加納城跡 |
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Kano-juku was the 53rd station or lodging/post town of the Nakasendo Road. Hiroshige's print of Kanō-juku was part of The Sixty-nine Stations of the Kiso Kaidō series. Kano Castle can be seen. Short walk south of JR Gifu Station.Apr 23, 2020
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Another entrance to Kano Castle. Thanks to my friend Satomi for driving me around Kano.Jan 03, 2019
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Kano Castle stone walls.Jan 03, 2019
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Kano Castle stone walls. Near JR Gifu Station's south exit.Jan 03, 2019
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About Kano Castle's Honmaru stone foundation built in the early 1600s.Jan 03, 2019
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Kano Castle stone foundation.Jan 03, 2019
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Kano Castle has a large grassy area surrounded by stone walls. No buildings. 加納城Jan 03, 2019
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Kano Castle as it looked originally on a map. All the moats were later filled in. 加納城Jan 03, 2019
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Kano Castle as it looked originally in Gifu. 加納城Jan 03, 2019
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In 1601 when Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu dismantled Gifu Castle, he ordered Kano Castle to be constructed here south of Gifu Castle.Kano-juku then thrived as a castle town and became Nakasendo's fifth largest shukuba lodging town. Jan 03, 2019
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About Kano Castle. As ordered by Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, it was built soon after the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600. Parts from Gifu Castle were used to build Kano Castle.Jan 03, 2019
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Kano Castle parking lot.Jan 03, 2019
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Marker for a gate at Kano Castle.Jan 03, 2019
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Marker for a gate at Kano Castle.Jan 03, 2019
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Former Kano Town Hall. 旧加納町役場Jan 03, 2019
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Another road marker. "Go left for Kyoto"Jan 03, 2019
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Road directions and map in English in Kano, Gifu.Jan 03, 2019
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Kosatsu bulletin board was at one end of this bridge over a small river.Jan 03, 2019
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About the Kosatsu bulletin board in Kano-juku. It posted local laws and regulations and other official notices from the local ruler. 高札Jan 03, 2019
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Spot where the Kosatsu bulletin board was in Kano-juku. It was originally on a stone foundation. This spot used to have many people passing by as it was near the castle's front gate. 加納宿 高札Jan 03, 2019
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About the Nakasendo road marker at Kano-juku. It was at the intersection of the Nakasendo and Gifu Roads.Jan 03, 2019
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Nakasendo road marker at Kano-juku. "Go left for Nakasendo." Originally built in 1750. 加納宿 中山道道標Jan 03, 2019
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Kano-juku road marker.Jan 03, 2019
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Kano used to have nine festival floats, but all except one was destroyed by World War II bombing of Gifu in 1945. The shrine buildings were also destroyed.Jan 03, 2019
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Monument marking the birthplace of Gifu's Boy Scouts.Jan 03, 2019
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Kano Tenmangu Shrine's ema prayer tablet.Jan 03, 2019
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Kano Tenmangu Shrine office.Jan 03, 2019
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Kano Tenmangu Shrine worships Tenjin, aka Sugawara no Michizane, the god of scholarly learning. This is the Honden hall. 本殿 Jan 03, 2019
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Kano Tenmangu Shrine. Jan 03, 2019
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Kano Tenmangu Shrine's Haiden worship hall. 拝殿Jan 03, 2019
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Koma-inu lion dog.Jan 03, 2019
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Wash basin.Jan 03, 2019
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About Kano Tenmangu Shrine. 加納天満宮Jan 03, 2019
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Entrance to Kano Tenmangu Shrine. 加納天満宮Jan 03, 2019
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Way to Kano Tenmangu Shrine. Jan 03, 2019
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About Princess Kazunomiya's poem and monument.Jan 03, 2019
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Marker for Kano-juku's Honjin. 本陣Jan 03, 2019
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Monument for the poem Princess Kazunomiya composed while in Kano-juku. This is her handwriting. Monument was built in 2002.Jan 03, 2019
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Marker for Kano-juku's Honjin where Princess Kazunomiya once stayed on Oct. 26, 1861 on her way from Kyoto to Edo to marry Shogun Tokugawa Iemochi. 本陣Jan 03, 2019
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Marker for Kano-juku's Waki Honjin. 脇本陣Jan 03, 2019
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Marker for Kano-juku's Waki Honjin. 脇本陣Jan 03, 2019
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Nakasendo Road in Kano-juku.Jan 03, 2019
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Nakasendo Road in Kano-juku.Jan 03, 2019
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SignsJan 03, 2019
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Map of Kano-juku in English. Gifu Station is on the upper right, and Kano Castle is on the left.It had the Honjin, Waki-Honjin, and 35 lodges. The population was 2,728.Jan 03, 2019
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Not much is left except for a few markers indicating the location of the Waki Honjin, Honjin, and other features. Tenmangu Shrine and Kano Castle's stone walls are the major sights.Jan 03, 2019
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