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The floating castle that withstood Ishida Mitsunari's water attack, the model for the film The Floating Castle.
About this place
The ruins of Oshi Castle and the Gyoda City Museum in Gyoda, Saitama. Oshi Castle, built in the Bunmei era of the Muromachi period, is one of the seven famous castles of the Kanto region; during Hideyoshi's Kanto campaign it withstood Ishida Mitsunari's flooding attack, was called the "floating castle" and was the model for the film The Floating Castle. No admission fee for the castle ruins; Gyoda City Museum, individual admission: general 200 yen, university and high school students 100 yen, junior high and elementary school students 50 yen.
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