Another shot from Okazaki Castle showing one of the walking paths in the grounds of the Castle.Another view of the Castle.Unfortunately the Castle and grounds are located in an urban area and the presence of apartment buildings and overhead power cables... ...full story at Porcelain Monkey
from Porcelain Monkey on Fri, Apr 04 2008
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Kumamoto Castle - Part 1 »
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1 of the surviving original buildings
and the fairly recently rebuilt main towers
lots of sakura around castle grounds kumamoto castle kumamotocity kyushu japan sakura 熊本 |
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Matsumoto Castle » Japan Visitor 松本城Matsumoto Castle, in Nagano Prefecture, is one of Japan's oldest castles and along with Hikone Castle, Himeji Castle and Inuyama Castle, is designated as a National Treasure.Matsumoto's black painted, wooden keep (donjon) is the oldest survivin... |
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Kiyosu Castle » Japan Visitor 清洲城Kiyosu Castle, in the suburbs of Nagoya, makes no bones about authenticity. The castle was built in 1989. The original, which was situated on the other side of the river, dated from the 14th-15th century but was demolished in 1610.Local strongm... |
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Hikone Castle Shiga Prefecture » Japan Visitor 彦根城Hikone Castle in Shiga Prefecture is one of Japan's most beautiful and historic castles.Hikone Castle is set on the shores of Japan's largest lake - Biwako - and is an easy day trip from Osaka, Kyoto or Nagoya.Completed in 1622 after 20 ye... |
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Kanazawa Castle » Japan Visitor 金沢城、金沢Crossing the Ishikawa Bridge from the Kenrokuen Garden brings the visitor to one of Kanazawa's other top attractions Kanazawa Castle.Formerly the seat of power of the powerful Maeda clan (the Maeda family were the hereditary feudal lords... |
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Kokura Castle Kitakyushu » Japan Visitor Photo of the week - 小倉城Kokura Castle, with a backdrop of the Riverview Center.Click on the image to enlarge it© Jake Davies & JapanVisitor.comPrevious Japan photo of the weekTo see more of Jake's photos visit his Japan photo blog.Yahoo Japan ... |
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