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Kanazawa, Ishikawa
Kanazawa Castle
金沢城
The roofs of the gates and turrets look silvery white because the tiles are wrapped in sheets of lead.
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Maeda Toshitsune
前田利常
Third head of the Maeda of Kaga. Adopted by his elder brother Toshinaga, he succeeded him in 1605. After the great fire of 1631 he moved the castle's center from the main enclosure to the second enclosure, largely fixing the layout of Kanazawa Castle as it is today.
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When the 1631 fire destroyed the main palace and other buildings, Toshitsune enlarged the second enclosure and built a new palace there. In 1632 the Tatsumi Canal was dug to bring water from the upper Sai River into the castle, and in 1634 he began creating the Gyokusen'inmaru Garden inside the castle.
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ZaironCC BY-SA 4.0Wikimedia Commons
built the Ninomaru Palace and set the castle's layoutRecord source: article
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Takaoka, Toyama
Takaoka Castle
高岡城
More than a third of the castle site is water: moats dug 400 years ago still lie in the middle of town in almost their original shape.
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preserved the moats after the castle was abolishedRecord source: article
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Komatsu, Ishikawa
Komatsu Castle
小松城
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LordRecord source: wikipedia
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Komatsu Castle
小松城
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