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Castle Attractions In Hyogo Prefecture

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Castle Attractions In Hyogo Prefecture

  • 1. Himeji Castle Himeji
    Himeji Castle is a hilltop Japanese castle complex situated in the city of Himeji which is located in the Hyōgo Prefecture of Japan. The castle is regarded as the finest surviving example of prototypical Japanese castle architecture, comprising a network of 83 rooms with advanced defensive systems from the feudal period. The castle is frequently known as Hakuro-jō or Shirasagi-jō because of its brilliant white exterior and supposed resemblance to a bird taking flight.Himeji Castle dates to 1333, when Akamatsu Norimura built a fort on top of Himeyama hill. The fort was dismantled and rebuilt as Himeyama Castle in 1346, and then remodeled into Himeji Castle two centuries later. Himeji Castle was then significantly remodeled in 1581 by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who added a three-story castle kee...
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  • 3. Miki Castle Ruins Miki
    Miki Castle was a castle that stood in Miki, Hyogo, Japan.
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  • 8. Awaji Castle Awaji
    Awaji Island is an island in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, in the eastern part of the Seto Inland Sea between the islands of Honshū and Shikoku. The island has an area of 592.17 square kilometres , and is the largest of the Inland Sea's islands. As a transit between those two islands, Awaji originally means the road to Awa, the historic province bordering the Shikoku side of the Naruto Strait, now part of Tokushima Prefecture.
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  • 12. Sumoto Castle Sumoto
    Sumoto Castle is a castle with reconstructed keep in Sumoto on Awaji Island, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. The area is an Historic Site.Fortification began in 1525, with remodelling in stone in the 1580s. The castle was abolished in the 1630s. In 1928 the keep was rebuilt in reinforced concrete.
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  • 13. Kakuzan Park (Tsuyama Castle) Tsuyama
    Tsuyama Castle is a castle in Sange, Tsuyama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. Tsuyama is home to one of Japan's three major Hirayama style castles . During the Edo period, Tsuyama castle served as the primary residence of the government official and Lord of the Tsuyama Domain . Tsuyama Castle once had a complex of 77 structures. The main attraction is the garden, also known as Kakuzan Park . The garden has approximately 5,000 cherrytrees, which attracts visitors when their flowers bloom.
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