Most viewed - WAKAYAMA 和歌山県 |
Wakayama Castle is a short bus ride from JR Wakayama Station. The East Moat (東堀) is what you see when you get off at the Koen-mae bus stop. The Ichinohashi Bridge at Otemon Gate is on the right.461 views
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An awesome sight in Minabe, Wakayama.304 views
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Map of Wakayama Castle.266 views
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Nachi Falls 那智大滝235 views
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Wakayama Castle as seen from Inui Turret. 231 views
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Cherry blossoms and Wakayama Castle tower.221 views
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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).220 views
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Wakayama Castle203 views
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Near Tanabe192 views
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Katsuura 勝浦189 views
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Minabe boasts Japan's largest plum tree groves. The trees cover the mountain slopes and a sweet aroma prevails. JR Minabe Station178 views
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Sakura along the east moat.173 views
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Kumano Hongu Shrine170 views
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Entrance to Minabe Plum Grove. The best time is around mid-Feb. 南部梅林167 views
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Plum blossoms151 views
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Slopes covered with plum trees.150 views
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舟見峠148 views
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Ichinohashi Bridge (一の橋) leading to Otemon Gate (大手門) is the main entrance to the Wakayama Castle, open 9 am - 5:30 pm. Closed Dec. 29-31. Both the bridge and gate were reconstructed in 1983.146 views
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Plum blossoms143 views
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Hagi139 views
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Wakayama Castle is famous for cherry blossoms in early April. I visited when it was in full bloom. 139 views
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Path to Omotezaka entrance.139 views
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Chikatsuyu138 views
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Wakayama Castle tower was destroyed again by World War II bombing on July 9, 1945. It was reconstructed in ferro-concrete in Oct. 1958.133 views
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小雲取越132 views小雲取越
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A partial maze to make it harder for any attackers to enter the castle. 一中門跡126 views
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Sakura near Okaguchi-mon Gate.124 views
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The Ura-zaka sloping path to the castle tower is a mild climb up.120 views
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In 1619, Tokugawa Yorinobu, Ieyasu's 10th son, became the castle lord establishing the Kii clan, one of three key Tokugawa Gosanke clans (along with Owari and Mito).120 views
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Entrance to Ura-zaka Nobori-guchi sloping path to the tenshukaku castle tower (donjon). 裏坂登り口119 views
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Almost to the castle tower.119 views
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Wakayama Castle's Ohashiroka Bridge is a covered corridor connecting Ninomaru and Nishinomaru. Only the castle lord's immediate attendants could cross the bridge, and so it was completely covered. 御橋廊下119 views
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Ninomaru Garden is full of cherries. The Ninomaru was the site of the castle palace where the lord and his ladies resided. 二の丸庭園115 views
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Castle foundation wall115 views
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Wakayama Castle in April.115 views
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Model of Wakayama Castle115 views
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Wakayama Castle is on 48.9-meter-high Mt. Torafusu (虎伏) which resembles a tiger lying on its side when seen from the ocean. The castle is also called Torafusu-jo (lying tiger castle). This tiger statue was created in 1959.115 views
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Castle tower overlooks Ninomaru.114 views
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Wakayama Castle is noted for various styles of castle wall. 野面積み114 views
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Steps up to the castle tower.114 views
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Castle tower entrance roof has a Chinese cusped gable (karahafu). 唐破風114 views
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Samurai armor, etc., are displayed.114 views
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Kusunoki-mon Gate (front side), reconstructed in 1950. This gate was lost along with the castle tower in July 1945. 楠門113 views
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Wakayama Castle tower was struck by lightning in 1846 and destroyed by fire. It was rebuilt in 1850 by special permission from the shogunate which normally did not allow castles to be rebuilt.112 views
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Inside Wakayama Castle tower, a museum.112 views
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On the lookout deck of Wakayama Castle, looking toward Kusunoki Gate and Ninomon Turret.112 views
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Tree growing on castle wall.111 views
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The 50-year-old castle tower is in need of a paint job.111 views
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Steps tp Kusunoki-mon Gate.111 views
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Pistol111 views
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View of Wakayama castle tower from Inui Turret.111 views
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Oimawashimon Gate. Renovated in 1985. 追廻門111 views
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Finally we see the main castle tower amid cherry blossoms.110 views
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The castle tower is in need of a paint job.110 views
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Wakayama Castle tower is now a modern museum with three stories.109 views
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Entrance to the castle tower complex is via this gate called Kusunoki-mon. 楠門109 views
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Wakayama Castle tower (donjon) and cherry blossoms.109 views
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Kusunoki-mon 楠門109 views
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Wakayama Castle tower (donjon).109 views
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Site of Ichinomon Gate. 一の門跡108 views
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Inui Turret 乾櫓108 views
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Inside Ninomon Turret, totally modern with hardly any views. Caged windows do not help at all. 二の門櫓108 views
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Stairs to Inui Turret. 108 views
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Inside Inui Turret 乾櫓108 views
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Inui Turret108 views
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Okaguchi-mon Gate, seen from the outside. In 1960, it was disassembled and repaired.108 views
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Cherries droop over a castle wall.107 views
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Corridor leading to Inui Turret.107 views
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Corridor to Ninomon Turret. The corridor is connected to the main castle tower (donjon).107 views
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Tree growing on castle stone foundation.107 views
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Cherry blossoms as seen from Okaguchi-mon Gate.107 views
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Cherry blossoms on the way to the castle tower.106 views
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Top floor of Wakayama Castle tower with a nice balcony for fine views of Wakayama.106 views
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Portrait of Tokugawa Yorinobu. His descendants went on to produce six Tokugawa shoguns: Yoshimune, Ieshige, Ieharu, Ienari, Ieyoshi, and Iemochi (Yoshitomi).106 views
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Portrait of Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune who was from Wakayama.106 views
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Looking toward Inui Turret106 views
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Wakayama Castle106 views
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The Ohashiroka Bridge is made of wood with a slight slope. It is a rare castle structure. 御橋廊下106 views
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View from inside Ohashiroka Bridge, looking toward the castle tower.106 views
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Path to Okaguchi-mon Gate, the castle's back entrance built by Tokugawa Yorinobu.106 views
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Castle tower stone foundation wall.105 views
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Castle tower exit105 views
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Markings can be found on the stones.105 views
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Entrance to Ohashiroka Bridge which was completed in April 2006. Free admission.105 views
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Wakayama Castle was originally built in 1585 by Toyotomi Hidenaga upon the order of elder brother Hideyoshi. The construction was directed by renown castle architect Lord Todo Takatora, native of Omi (Shiga Prefecture).104 views
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Stone foundation wall of the castle tower.104 views
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Kusunoki-mon (back side) 楠門104 views
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From the lookout deck of Wakayama Castle, you can see the connected corridors leading to the two turrets.104 views
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Wakayama Castle's Ohashiroka Bridge and the castle tower. The bridge is a corridor connecting Ninomaru and Nishinomaru. 御橋廊下104 views
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Inside Ohashiroka Bridge. The floor has planks of wood whose edges are kind of painful for bare feet. (You have to take off your shoes to enter.)104 views
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From the North Moat, we see the Ohashiroka Bridge which was completed in April 2006.104 views
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Ninomaru104 views
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Nishinomaru Teien Garden was originally built by Tokugawa Yorinobu. Renovated in 1973. Noted for maple leaves in fall, a pond, and a floating pavilion called the Engyokaku (鳶魚閣) (left).104 views
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Panoramic view of cherry blossoms and Okaguchi-mon Gate.104 views
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Basement steps103 views
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Inside the Engyokaku pavilion (no entry).103 views
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Wakayama Castle marker outside Okaguchi-mon Gate.103 views
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Okaguchi-mon Gate, an Important Cultural Property. One of the few structures still remaining from the Edo Period. 岡口門103 views
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Wakayama Castle tower and Kusunoki-mon Gate.102 views
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Lookimg toward Omotemon Gate.102 views
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Stairs to Ninomon Turret.102 views
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The final corridor leads to the exit.102 views
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View from inside Ohashiroka Bridge, looking toward the North Moat.102 views
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Entrance to Nishinomaru Teien Garden. Also called Momijidani Teien Garden.102 views
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Nishinomaru Teien Garden pond. The garden is a National Scenic Place.102 views
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North Moat 北堀101 views
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Looking toward Inui Turret100 views
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Inui Turret and cherry blossoms. 乾櫓100 views
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Wakayama's industrial complex in the distance.100 views
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Nishinomaru Teien Garden 100 views
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Ohashiroka Bridge entrance on the other end.100 views
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Omote-zaka steps to the castle tower.99 views
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Wakayama Castle as seen from inside the tower complex.98 views
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Okaguchi-mon Gate and cherry blossoms. This part of the castle has the heaviest concentration of sakura.97 views
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