This basically meant that they could not build new tenshu, unless as part of reconstruction. There are currently 12 castles in Japan that still have their original tenshu; ones that were largely ...

The Japan Castle Foundation published its list of the ... while Okinawa’s castles or gusuku are part of the Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryūkyū, and Nijō Castle ...

Wakayama Castle in western Japan was hit by heavy rains in the region ... When the tremor struck the castle, parts that had been mended with non-traditional techniques failed and made the damage ...

What if you want to break away from the pack and discover parts of the country that are ... one of only a small number of castles in Japan not rebuilt in the modern era. For that reason alone ...