Hoshina Masayuki

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Chiyoda, Tokyo

Edo Castle

江戸城

After its 58-meter keep burned in 1657, it was never rebuilt; only the huge stone base remains, in a garden of the Imperial Palace.

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Otto Domes · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

advised against rebuilding the keepRecord source: article

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Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima

Aizuwakamatsu Castle

会津若松城

The only castle in Japan today where you can see a keep roofed in red tiles.

Japan's 100 Fine Castles No. 12CastleHilltop

Miyuki Meinaka · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

founder of the Aizu domain's ruling lineRecord source: article

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Yamagata, Yamagata

Yamagata Castle

山形城

When a film needed the gate of Edo Castle, it was Yamagata Castle's Ninomaru East Otemon Gate that played the part.

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Raita Futo from Tokyo, Japan · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

lord of Yamagata before moving to AizuRecord source: article

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Ina, Nagano

Takatō Castle

高遠城

A castle site with no keep and no tall stone walls, filled instead with 1,500 cherry trees of a single variety.

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MaedaAkihiko · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

lord of Takato (1631–36), who grew up thereRecord source: article