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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.
Kochi, Japan - July 19, 2016: Kochi castle on the hill in Kochi Prefecture located on the island of Shikoku in Japan.
Kochi,Japan,April 23, 2022, Kochi Castle, located in Kochi City, one of Japan's 100 famous castles. The white plaster of the castle tower is beautiful.
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.
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.
Aizuwakamatsu, Japan- December 31st, 2023: Tsuruga Castle (Wakamatsu castle) a concrete replica of 14th-century castle at Otemachi, Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima, Japan
24 march 2019, Hiroshima - Japan: Hiroshima Castle at sunset reflected in the water canal
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The Yingxian Pagoda 应县木塔: The Oldest Existing Wooden Building in the World
Kitakyushu, Japan - December 8, 2022: Kokura castle in Kitakyushu nearby Murasaki river in Fukuoka
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.
Karatsu Castle (Karatsu-jo), which located by the sea. Taken in Saga, Japan, February 2018.
Medieval walls of Visby dating from around year 1270 - UNESCO World Heritage
Karatsu, japan - october 14 2021 : view of the Karatsu castle from the Jyounai bridge in Karatsu city
Kochi,Japan – April,28 2014:This is the wall of a Japanese castle. Kochi Castle in Kochi City.Built in 1601.\nThe stones for the castle walls are piled up by a method called Nozurazumi.\nNozurazumi is a method of stacking natural stones and split stones as they are without processing.Fill the gaps between the stones with small stones.\nNozurazumi stone walls are strong, and the gaps disperse the pressure caused by tremors, making them strong against earthquakes.\nIt has survived countless crises such as fires, earthquakes, the nationwide abandonment of castles due to the Meiji Restoration, and the Pacific War, and it still stands today.
Ehime, Japan - July 20, 2016: Imabari castle in Imabari, Ehime Prefecture, Japan.
Osaka, Japan - October 11, 2023: The Osaka Castle keep, located in Osaka Castle Park in Chuo-ku, Osaka City, Osaka. It was completed in 1931 as the third Osaka Castle Keep, a steel-framed reinforced concrete structure.
Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan - April 5 2024 : The castle tower of Iwakuni Castle.
Saint Peter parish, Bailiwick of Jersey, Channel Islands: Beaumont Tower, a.k.a. St Aubin's Third Tower - a small stand alone fort built in granite - the westernmost of three Conway round coastal towers built in the 18th century to defend St Aubin's Bay on the English Channel from French incursions - St. Aubin's Bay Promenade.
Hikone Castle on a clear autumn day with beautiful red maple leaves.
Osaka cityscape
Sumoto, Hyogo, Japan, Aug 19,2023\nSumoto Castle was a Sengoku period Japanese castle located in the city of Sumoto, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.
24 march 2019, Hiroshima - Japan: The Hiroshima Castle outer moat and main gate. Hiroshima Castle was originally built in the late 16th century and reconstructed in 1958 after being destroyed during World War II.
Shiga, Japan - July 23, 2016: Hikone Castle is a Japanese castle in the city of Hikone, in Shiga 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.
Okayama, Japan- 10 May 2024:  Akazu-no-Mon gate of Okayama castle. This large castle gate has been fortified as an entrance to the main level
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 \
Kochi, KOCHI, JAPAN - December 7 2017: Scenery of the Kochi castle
Venetian Castle in Butrint, Albania.
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