 Most viewed - Shibata 新発田市 |
Shibata Castle, Niigata (Sangai Yagura Turret)253 views
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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.253 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. 250 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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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.249 views
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Shibata Castle Park map213 views
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Statue of Horibe Yasubei (1670-1703). He looks toward Edo (Tokyo).171 views
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Horibe Yasubei was also a master swordsman. 堀部安兵衛166 views
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Sangai Yagura Turret, Shibata Castle. Reconstructed in June 2004 with traditional building methods taking 2 years. 三階櫓147 views
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Sangai Yagura Turret, Shibata Castle 三階櫓138 views
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Shibata Castle is also called Ayame Castle 菖蒲城.136 views
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Banner with the five-diamond clan crest. Sangai Yagura Turret in the distance126 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.120 views
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Statue of Lord Mizoguchi Hidekatsu (1548-1610), the first lord of Shibata Castle. 溝口秀勝114 views
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Omotemon Gate, another Important Cultural Property108 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..107 views
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Kyu-Ninomaru Sumi-yagura Turret, an Important Cultural Property 旧二の丸隅櫓107 views
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Inside upper floor of Omotemon Gate 表門107 views
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Moat leading to Kyu-Ninomaru Sumi-yagura Turret106 views
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Inside Tatsumi Yagura Turret 辰巳櫓106 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105 views
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Omotemon Gate 表門104 views
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Statue of Lord Mizoguchi Hidekatsu (1548-1610), the first lord of Shibata Castle. 溝口秀勝104 views
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Shibata Castle is the only castle in Niigata with Edo-era structures still standing.103 views
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Sangai Yagura Turret, Shibata Castle 三階櫓103 views
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Inside upper floor of Omotemon Gate 表門102 views
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Tatsumi Yagura Turret, reconstructed in June 2004. 辰巳櫓101 views
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Inside Tatsumi Yagura Turret 辰巳櫓101 views
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Steps to Tatsumi Yagura Turret, reconstructed in June 2004. 辰巳櫓101 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.101 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.101 views
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Stone wall with perfectly-fitting stones. No gaps between the stones.98 views
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Omotemon Gate, one of two Edo-Era structures in Shibata Castle and an Important Cultural Property. 表門98 views
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Ceiling of Tatsumi Yagura Turret98 views
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View from upper floor of Omotemon Gate 表門98 views
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Second floor of Tatsumi Yagura Turret96 views
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Tatsumi Yagura Turret 辰巳櫓95 views
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Inside Kyu-Ninomaru Sumi-yagura Turret95 views
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Inside Kyu-Ninomaru Sumi-yagura Turret94 views
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Kyu-Ninomaru Sumi-yagura Turret, one of two Edo-Era castle structures. 旧二の丸隅櫓93 views
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Tatsumi Yagura Turret. Traditional building methods were used to reconstruct the turret.92 views
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Stone dropping slot92 views
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Kyu-Ninomaru Sumi-yagura Turret 旧二の丸隅櫓92 views
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Second floor of Tatsumi Yagura Turret91 views
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Sangai Yagura Turret91 views
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Second floor of Kyu-Ninomaru Sumi-yagura Turret90 views
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89 views
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Kyu-Ninomaru Sumi-yagura Turret 旧二の丸隅櫓88 views
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Entrance to upper floor of Omotemon Gate88 views
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Inside Kyu-Ninomaru Sumi-yagura Turret87 views
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