The typical city developed as a modern castle town The starting point of the town in Hiroshima --- it is no exaggeration to say that it is in the Hiroshima-jo castle. The town of Hiroshima prospered very much as a castle town of Hiroshima-jo Castle since Hiroshima-jo Castle was born in the last stage of the Age of Civil Wars approximately 400 years ago. Hiroshima is the … [Read more...] about Hiroshima-jo Castle, Hiroshima
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Nijo-jo Castle, Kyoto
Nijo-jo Castle became symbolically place which shows beginning and the end of the Edo period Nijo-jo Castle is plains castles in the Kyoto central part which Ieyasu Tokugawa built at the Edo period. Of the course of history, Nijo-jo Castle became symbolically place which shows beginning and the end of the Edo period historically. Ieyasu opted for construction of Nijo-jo … [Read more...] about Nijo-jo Castle, Kyoto
Nagoya Castle, Aichi
The history that the feudal lord of the Owari Tokugawa family Speaking of the sightseeing spot representing Nagoya, Nagoya Castle will be mentioned it as the first on the list. It is this Nagoya Castle that Ieyasu Tokugawa built in 1609 as the last strategic arrangement of the world unification, since then, it had the history that the feudal lord of the Owari Tokugawa family, … [Read more...] about Nagoya Castle, Aichi
Osaka-jo Castle, Osaka
Fall into feeling of the time slip 400 years ago Hideyoshi Toyotomi built Osaka Castle at the Azuchi-Momoyama era. The gorgeous and forcible structure which feels Hideyoshi's vigor is a castle of the feature. Figures of those days, such as a castle tower, a splendid stone wall, a measure form, etc. which reached to an extreme of luxury, are restored precisely. When you pass … [Read more...] about Osaka-jo Castle, Osaka
Inuyama-jo Castle
Japanese oldest style castle tower exists "National treasure Inuyama-jo Castle" is built in 1537 of the Muromachi era, and the Japanese oldest style that a castle tower exists. It is called a popular name "the White Imperial Castle". The view from the castle tower which was built on the slightly elevated mountains of bank of Kisogawa is a superb view. In the castle town in … [Read more...] about Inuyama-jo Castle
Shuri-jo Castle, Okinawa
The castle of the royal family of the Ryukyu kingdom The Shuri-jo Castle which was the castle of the royal family of the Ryukyu kingdom. It was lost in the World War II, but restored to the original state in 1992 which is the year marked the 20th anniversary of Okinawa's reversion to Japan. The largest wooden building in Okinawa Shuri-jo Castle is the largest wooden … [Read more...] about Shuri-jo Castle, Okinawa