 Most viewed - Kiyosu Castle 清洲城 |
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.597 views
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Kiyosu Castle's 2nd floor includes this mannequin setup showing Oda Nobunaga and his cohorts.573 views
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Kiyosu Castle554 views
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JR Kiyosu Station platform. Note that only the local (kaku-eki) trains stop at Kiyosu Station. The kaisoku express trains don't stop at Kiyosu.498 views
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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).493 views
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Statue of Oda Nobunaga at Kiyosu Park, Aichi.475 views
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Kiyosu Castle459 views
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Kiyosu Castle as seen from the train on the Tokaido Line going to Nagoya.417 views
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Kiyosu Castle 383 views
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Near Kiyosu Castle is Kiyosu Park.373 views
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Kiyosu Castle tower and rock garden.369 views
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The first floor of the castle tower shows some samurai armor.368 views
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Kiyosu Castle's 2nd floor includes this mannequin setup showing Oda Nobunaga and his cohorts.361 views
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Next to the castle tower is the Geino Bunkakan or Culture Hall for events and meetings. It is designed like a palace. You go through here when exiting the castle tower.361 views
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Samurai armor in Kiyosu Castle.358 views
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Banners350 views
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Matchlock gun347 views
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Woman playing the tsuzumi shoulder drum.347 views
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Gate of the Kiyosu-juku Honjin. Behind it is a modern private house. The Honjin was the exclusive lodge of VIPs traveling through.347 views
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JR Kiyosu Station on the Tokaido Line. There is a sign pointing the way to Kiyosu Castle, a short walk from the train station.345 views
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Shachi roof ornament341 views
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JR Kiyosu Station on the JR Tokaido Line between Nagoya and Gifu.338 views
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On the 4th floor balcony. The views are good, but not so pretty with factories and other buildings all around.338 views
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Kiyosu Castle from behind.338 views
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A little shrine at the spot of the original castle tower.337 views
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This scene shos Oda Nobunaga going off to battle at Okehazama to defeat Imagawa.336 views
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Noh masks331 views
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The 4th floor is the top floor with a lookout balcony.331 views
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Kiyosu Castle's rock-dropping slits.328 views
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Marker indicating that Emperor Meiji once stopped here.328 views
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The 3rd floor shows more feudal-era artifacts and a model of the golden shachi roof ornaments which Kiyosu Castle was famous for. The original shachi are now preserved at Sofukuji temple in Gifu.326 views
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Matchlock gun323 views
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Rock garden322 views
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Rock-dropping slits in the floor.320 views
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Oda Nobunaga318 views
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Matchlock gun bullets of various sizes.317 views
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Also in the park are war memorials.317 views
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The red bridge makes it quite picturesque, even though the castle tower is reconstructed in April 1989.316 views
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Looking toward the Kiyosu Castle Square behind the castle.316 views
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The other side of the 2nd floor shows rock-dropping slits in the floor.315 views
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In front of the castle tower is a rock garden.313 views
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Inside JR Kiyosu Station312 views
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Furusato no Yakata rest house and gift shop.312 views
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From the castle park, you can see this red Otebashi Bridge leading to the rebuilt Kiyosu Castle.311 views
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Mt. Ibuki in the distance.310 views
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Rock garden below and shinkansen passing by.304 views
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Inside Furusato no Yakata rest house.303 views
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Kiyosu Castle's rock-dropping slits.301 views
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Gate to Kiyosu Castle. It was during New Year's so the kadomatsu pine decorations flank the entrance.299 views
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Statue of Princess 299 views
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Also nearby is the site of the Honjin main lodge of Kiyosu-juku along the Mino Kaido Road. 清洲宿本陣298 views
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From the shinkansen bullet train and Tokaido Line train, you can see the castle. The four-story ferro-concrete castle tower houses a local history museum.297 views
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Stone marker indicating the original location of Kiyosu Castle as occupied by Oda Nobunaga.295 views
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Nagoya in the distance.293 views
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Kiyosu Park where there is this statue of Oda Nobunaga.293 views
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Rock garden291 views
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Kiyosu Castle was also where the Kiyosu Conference was held by Hideyoshi and other Oda generals to decide who would succeed Nobunaga after his assassination.289 views
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After Nobunaga died, his second son Nobukatsu occupied the castle and he expanded it in 1586. When Tokugawa Ieyasu made Nagoya the capital of the region in 1610, Kiyosu fell into obscurity. Parts of Kiyosu Castle were used to build Nagoya Castle.287 views
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Kadomatsu pine decoration287 views
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Store house280 views
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Statue of Nobunaga on the 4th floor.276 views
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Along the way, you come across this small Kiyosu Castle Park with a low mound. This is the original location of Kiyosu Castle. 清洲古城公園273 views
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