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Matsue, Japan - August 29, 2015: The keep of Matsue Castle from the entrance gate. The castle has one of the few original castle keeps remaining in the country.
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.
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
24 march 2019, Hiroshima - Japan: Hiroshima Castle with a boat with tourists in front at sunset
Okayama Castle and Maple leaves in Autumn Season of 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.
Matsue castle on a rainy and foggy day in Matsue city, Japan, asia
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.
Traditional Japanese samurai walking in Edo period town
Okayama, Japan- 10 May 2024:  Okayama castle (Black castle) in Okayama city, Japan. It is a famous landmark in this city .
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
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.
Matsue, Shimane, JAPAN - Dec 1 2021 : Matsue Castle (Matsue-Jo) in rainy day. It was constructed from 1607 to 1611 by Japanese Daimyo Horio Yoshiharu
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 \
Matsue, Shimane, Japan - October 4 2019 : Castle tower of the Matsue castle, it is one of the few remaining medieval castles in Japan. The construction of Matsue Castle began in 1607 and finished in 1611.
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.
warrior samurai costume man in toei studios at kyoto japan
Atmosphere at night Okayama Castle in Okayama city of Japan.
Okayama, Japan- 10 May 2024:  Okayama castle (Black castle) in Okayama city, Japan. It is a famous landmark in this city .
Kumamoto, Japan - August 10, 2014: Kumamoto Castle against bright sky,
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.
Kochi , Japan - July 19, 2016 : General view of Kochi Castle in Kochi Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan. Kochi Castle is one of twelve Japanese castles to have survived the fires, wars and other catastrophes of the post feudal age.
Japannese Okayama Castle in Winter December
Sunset in Kyoto from Tetsugaku No Michi (Philosopher's Walk) in the Springtime. Sakyo Ward, Kyoto, Japan
Grandfather and Grandson in a traditional Japanese setting walking past a Ronin Samurai
Okayama, Japan - 6 3, 2024 : Okayama Castle, Okayama City, along the Asahi River.
Okayama, Japan- 10 May 2024:  Okayama castle (Black castle) in Okayama city, Japan. It is a famous landmark in this city .
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.
Okayama Castle or Crow Castle in Okayama
Boatman rows tourists around moat of Himeji Castle, Hyogo Prefecture, Honshu, Japan. Himeji Castle, a hilltop Japanese castle complex in the Hyōgo Prefecture, regarded as the finest surviving example of original Japanese castle architecture. Honshu, Japan’s main island with most of the country’s major cities and cultural sites. From the busy global hub of Tokyo for finance, industry, fashion and cuisine to Mount Fuji, the iconic, snow-capped volcano and the city of Kyoto, famed for Zen temples, gardens and traditional geisha entertainment
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