Japan Castle Atlas

Chikakazu Kanokoki

鹿子木親員

Builder and lord records come from the Japan Castle Foundation list and Japanese Wikipedia.

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The large and small keeps under a blue sky, January 2023. The keeps were rebuilt to their historic exterior in steel-reinforced concrete in 1960, and fully repaired in March 2021 after the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes.

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Kumamoto

Kumamoto Castle

熊本城

From a walkway 6 meters above the ground, you look down on stone walls toppled by an earthquake and the repairs happening right now.

Japan's 100 Fine Castles No. 94CastleHilltop

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