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Himeji, Hyogo
Himeji Castle
姫路城
A 400-year-old main keep and its three smaller keeps still stand linked by covered corridors, never burned by battle or by bombing.
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Sakai clan
酒井氏
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Komoro, Nagano
Komoro Castle
小諸城
To reach this castle you walk down from the town, not up: Komoro is a "hole castle."
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Nagano, Nagano
Matsushiro Castle
松代城
Takeda Shingen built it as his front line in the Kawanakajima wars, and the Sanada family later lived here for 250 years.
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Kawagoe, Saitama
Kawagoe Castle
川越城
There was never a keep, but the grand entrance and great hall of a daimyo's palace still stand from the Edo period.
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Jōetsu, Niigata
Takada Castle
高田城
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Kasugai, Aichi
Owari Yoshida Castle
吉田城
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Tsuruoka, Yamagata
Tsurugaoka Castle
鶴ヶ岡城
Every castle building was torn down, yet on the site of the main enclosure stands a shrine that local people built themselves out of devotion to their former lords, the Sakai family.
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Tsuruoka, Yamagata
Tsurugaoka Castle
鶴ヶ岡城
Every castle building was torn down, yet on the site of the main enclosure stands a shrine that local people built themselves out of devotion to their former lords, the Sakai family.
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Toyohashi, Aichi
Yoshida Castle
吉田城
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Nishio, Aichi
Nishio Castle
西尾城
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Okazaki, Aichi
Mikawa Ida Castle
井田城
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Maebashi, Gunma
Maebashi Castle
前橋城
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Chiba
Toke Castle
土気城
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Obama, Fukui
Obama Castle
小浜城
CastleSea
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Obama, Fukui
Obama Castle
小浜城
CastleSea
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Tōgane, Chiba
Togane Castle
東金城
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Fukaya, Saitama
Fukaya Castle
深谷城
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