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Wakayama World Heritage Sites
Wakayama World Heritage Sites guide with information on all nine World Heritage Sites in Wakayama Prefecture. Wakayama Prefecture is located to the south…
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Tokushima Prefecture
Tokushima Castle was a hilltop style Japanese Castle located in Tokushima Tokushima Prefecture . Tokushima Castle was constructed in 1585, with a donjon…
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Fukushima Prefecture
Aizu Wakamatsu Castle , also known as Tsuruga Castle, is a hilltop style Japanese Castle located in the city of Aizu Wakamatsu Fukushima Prefecture . When…
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Gunma Prefecture
Minowa Castle was a flatland style Japanese Castle located in Takasaki Gunma Prefecture . Minowa Castle was constructed in 1526 by Nagano Narimasa and…
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Ibaraki Prefecture
Mito Castle was a hilltop style Japanese Castle located in Mito Ibaraki Prefecture . Today it is very difficult to see that Mito Castle ever existed. Mito…
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Kagawa Prefecture
Marugame Castle is located in Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture . Marugame Castle , also known as Kameyama Castle and Horai Castle, began as a fortified…
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NARA TEMPLES and SHRINES
Tamukeyama Hachimangu Shrine is the first branch of Usa Hachimangu Shrine (Usa-shi, Oita-ken), which was established in 749AD in order to protect Todaiji…
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Tochigi Prefecture
Kegon Waterfall is an impressively high 97m waterfall, which is particularly popular in Autumn when the leaves of the trees in area turn a stunning red.…
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Mie Prefecture
Tsu Castle was a flatland style Japanese Castle located in Tsu in Mie Prefecture . An earlier fort or minor castle was built on the site of Tsu Castle by…
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Fukui Prefecture
Fukui Castle was a Japanese Castle located in Fukui Fukui Prefecture . There is another unrelated castle in Osaka Prefecture also called Fukui Castle .…
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Fukuoka Prefecture
Fukuoka Castle , also known as Maizuru Castle, was a hilltop style Japanese Castle located adjacent to Ohori Koen (Park) in Fukuoka . Nagamasa ordered the…
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Gifu Prefecture
Gujo Hachiman Castle is a hilltop style Japanese Castle located on Mt Hachiman in Gujo Gifu Prefecture . Endo Morikazu ordered the construction of Gujo…