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Matsuyama, EHIME, JAPAN - December 6 2017: Castle tower of the Matsuyama castle

Wakayama, Japan - April 9, 2012: Wakayama Castle with Sakura tree

Okayama Castle and Maple leaves in Autumn Season of Japan.

$Matsue, Japan - April 14, 2024: Matsue (Japanese: 松江市, Hepburn: Matsue-shi) is the capital city of Shimane Prefecture, Japan, located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu.\nMatsue Castle was constructed from 1607 to 1611 during the early Edo period. It is one of few remaining feudal Japanese castles that retains its main keep in its original wooden form and not a modern concrete reconstruction. Built after the last great war of feudal Japan, the keep has survived earthquakes, fires, wars and other causes that destroyed or damaged many Japanese castles.Matsue, Japan - April 14, 2024: Matsue (Japanese: 松江市, Hepburn: Matsue-shi) is the capital city of Shimane Prefecture, Japan, located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu.\nMatsue Castle was constructed from 1607 to 1611 during the early Edo period. It is one of few remaining feudal Japanese castles that retains its main keep in its original wooden form and not a modern concrete reconstruction. Built after the last great war of feudal Japan, the keep has survived earthquakes, fires, wars and other causes that destroyed or damaged many Japanese castles.\nOn the castle roof are two shachihoko. Shachihoko are mythical half dragon half fish sea creatures that are said to bring rain. They were typically placed on the roofs of castles and the homes of samurai to protect them from fire. On Matsue Castle, the male shachihoko stands on the left and the female on the right.$

Tenshu of Hikone Castle, a Japanese Edo-period Japanese castle located in the city of Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. The site has been protected as a National Historic Site since 1951.

Married couple of mixed ethnicity visiting a Japanese shrine in Okayama Prefecture

Teleshot of Kumamoto Castle on a sunny autumn day with mountainrange in the background. It is located on a hilltop in the heart of Kumamoto and is considered as one of the three premier castles in Japan.

Ehime, Shikoku, Japan - April 22, 2019 : Matsuyama Castle on mountain

Ehime, Japan - July 20, 2016: Matsuyama Castle, Japanese castle in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan.

Hiroshima, Japan - May, 21, 2023: The Hiroshima Castle, also know as the Carp Castle, was built in the 1590s, destroyed in the atomic bombing attack in 1945, and rebuilt in 1948. It´s an original replica, and also serves as a museum telling the history of Hiroshima before the WWII.

A closeup shot of the ancient carved roof of Castle and beautiful city of Himeji in Japan

Onomichi Port City from Mt.Senkoji in Hiroshima, Japan

Matsuyama, Japan - December 4, 2012: Matsuyama cityscape as viewed from Matsuyama Castle. The castle dates from 1603.

$Okayama, Japan - April 11, 2024: Okayama Castle (岡山城, Okayama-jō) is a Japanese castle in the city of Okayama in Okayama Prefecture in Japan.\nOkayama Castle has a black exterior, earning it the nickname Crow Castle (烏城, U-jō) or \$

Two tourists visiting a Japanese shrine in Okayama Prefecture while on vacation

Fukuoka, Japan - July 17, 2016: Kokura Castle, Japanese castle in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.

$Shizuoka, Japan-May,4. 2024:This is Kakegawa Castle in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.\nIt was built by the Imagawa clan, a feudal lord of Suruga, during the Muromachi period.\nKazutoyo Yamauchi remained the castle lord for 10 years.\nIt is also said that Kochi Castle was modeled after Kakegawa Castle.\nThe current Kakegawa Castle was restored in 1994.\nIn the Meiji era, it was demolished, leaving only a part of the building, due to the castle abolition ordinance.$

Matsue castle was built in 1611 by the founder of the Matsue domain Yoshiharu Horio and is one of only a dozen original castles in Japan

Kumamoto Castle on a sunny autumn day surrounded by ginkgo trees and mountainrange in the background. It is located on a hilltop in the heart of Kumamoto and is considered as one of the three premier castles in Japan.

Hiroshima, Japan - June 16, 2010: View of Hiroshima castle. Originally constructed in the 1590s, the castle was destroyed in the atomic bomb in 1945. It was rebuilt in 1958.

Cityscape with lush greenery, hill in the foreground

Sunset in Kyoto from Tetsugaku No Michi (Philosopher's Walk) in the Springtime. Sakyo Ward, Kyoto, Japan

$This is Hiroshima Castle, a Japanese castle from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the Edo period, located in Naka-ku, Hiroshima City, and built by Terumoto Mouri.\nThe castle was destroyed by an atomic bomb at the end of the Pacific War, and the current keep is a restored keep made of reinforced concrete structure.$

A spectacular view of Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, overlooking the harbor from the ropeway.

Matsuyama Castle, located in Matsuyama-city, Ehime-prefecture, is built in 1627. It was burned by lightning in 1784 and rebuilt in 1854. The castle is nominated as an important cultural property by Japanese government.

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