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HokkaidoCastles & HistoryAkita
Akita Castle Ruins
The site of the administrative base of Dewa Province, overlapping with the cult of Koshio Jinja.
AkitaCastles & HistoryAkita
Hachiman Akita Jinja
It stands on the site of Kubota Castle and enshrines the Satake clan.
Tsuruoka
Shonai Han
The heart of the Tsurugaoka Castle site. The frame of the castle town is still visible.
YamagataCastles & HistoryKaminoyama
Kaminoyama-jo
Called one of the fine castles of Dewa. The castle town is known for its scarecrow festival.
IbarakiCastles & History
SaitamaCastles & HistoryGyoda
Sakitama Kofun
The Inariyama mound yielded the gold-inlaid iron sword, a National Treasure.
KanagawaCastles & HistoryHakone
Hakone Checkpoint
The hardest stretch of the Tokaido. The stone paving and the cedar avenue survive.
IshikawaCastles & HistoryKanazawa
Kanazawa-jo
Stone walls in the Ano-shu style. The Hishi turret and the Gojikken Nagaya have been rebuilt.
YamanashiCastles & HistoryKofu
Tsutsujigasaki
It is said Shingen raised no castle, holding that people were his castle and his stone walls. The site of his residence is now Takeda Jinja.
YamanashiCastles & HistoryKofu
Maizuru Park
Stone walls survive and the Inari turret has been restored, right in front of Kofu station.
GifuCastles & History
GifuCastles & History
AichiCastles & History
KyotoCastles & History
OsakaCastles & HistorySakai
Mozu Kofun
The tomb of Emperor Nintoku is the largest in Japan. Part of the Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group World Cultural Heritage site.
OsakaCastles & History
NaraCastles & History
WakayamaCastles & HistoryAround Tanabe
Kumano Kodo
With the Camino de Santiago, one of only two pilgrimage roads in the world inscribed as World Heritage.
OkayamaCastles & History
OkayamaCastles & History