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Karatsu, Saga
Nagoya Castle
名護屋城
For just seven years, daimyo from all over Japan camped around this headland.
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Toyotomi clan
豊臣氏
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Wakayama, Wakayama
Wakayama Castle
和歌山城
A covered bridge with a roof and walls crosses the moat at a slant, built so the lord and the women of his household could pass unseen.
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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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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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Inuyama, Aichi
Inuyama Castle
犬山城
Atop a cliff over the Kiso River stands a keep built before the Edo period, and you can walk all the way around its top-floor balcony looking down on the river and the Nobi Plain.
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Odawara, Kanagawa
Ishigakiyama Castle
石垣山城
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Yamatokōriyama, Nara
Kōriyama Castle
大和郡山城
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Kyoto
Fushimi Castle
伏見城
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Kiyosu, Aichi
Kiyosu Castle
清洲城
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Saito, Miyazaki
Tonokōri Castle
都於郡城
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Kyoto
Jurakudai
聚楽第
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