KUMAMOTO CASTLE
Kumamoto Castle is Kumamoto's most famous landmark. Kumamoto Castle is
a reconstruction, but some original building remain in good
condition.
Kumamoto
Castle is Kumamoto's most famous landmark. Kumamoto Castle is a large, and in its
day, an extremely well fortified Japanese castle.
The original Kumamoto Castle was built in 1467. The donjon (castle
central keep) is a concrete reconstruction built in the 1970s, but
several ancillary wooden buildings remain of the original castle.
Kumamoto Castle
Kumamoto Castle was besieged during the Satsuma Rebellion, and was sacked and
burned after a 53-day siege. Within the outer walls of Kumamoto Castle
is the Hosokawa Gyobu-tei, the former residence of the Higo daimyo.
This traditional wooden mansion has a fine
Japanese garden located in
its grounds.
Original Kumamoto Castle Watch Tower
We have over 60 unique
Kumamoto Castle Pictures
in our gallery.
(Article based on
Wikipedia article and used under the
GNU Free Documentation License)
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