Tokugawa Hidetada

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Fukuyama, Hiroshima

Fukuyama Castle

福山城

Walk around to the north side, and the white keep turns into a wall of black iron.

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Kyoto

Nijō Castle

二条城

Built in the year the Tokugawa shogunate began, it still has the hall where the shogun announced he would give power back.

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led the 1624-26 enlargementRecord source: article

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Osaka

Osaka Castle

大阪城

Under the stone walls you see today, Hideyoshi's original Osaka Castle lies buried.

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Osaka

Osaka Castle

大阪城

Under the stone walls you see today, Hideyoshi's original Osaka Castle lies buried.

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Rebuilt / expandedRecord source: wikipedia

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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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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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Rebuilt / expandedRecord source: wikipedia