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Suwa, Nagano
Takashima Castle
高島城
The "floating castle" that seemed to drift on Lake Suwa had a keep roofed not with tiles but with thin wooden shingles.
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Hineno Takayoshi
日根野高吉
A warrior who served Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi. In 1590 he became lord of Suwa with 27,000 koku and built Takashima Castle on the shore of Lake Suwa.
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The lakeside "floating island" he chose for the castle held a fishing village, and he is said to have moved the entire village to make way for it.
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