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This 16th century castle, a symbol of Japanese architecture, is one of the oldest still standing in the country
In Nagano province, the black silhouette of Matsumoto Castle stands out against the snowy horizon of the Japanese Alps. This ...
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Castles resurrect wooden donjons to restore former splendor
The wooden tower that will result is expected to be larger than its counterpart at the World Heritage Himeji Castle. Tetsuo Owada, chairman of the Japan Castle Foundation, said walking directly on ...
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Technology helping rebuild fallen Kumamoto Castle walls
The temblors caused serious damage to the structures that make up one of Japan’s most ... at the Iidamaru tower alone. The number of stones to be stacked on the entire castle site is estimated ...
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Shuri Castle: Huge fire engulfs Japan's 500-year-old site
Japanese fire fighters battled a massive fire that consumed an historic Japanese castle early on Thursday morning. Shuri Castle, which was originally built 500 years ago, is a Unesco World ...
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Study Buddy (Explorer): Japanese city aims to restore 16th-century castle – but no one knows what it looked like
Officials hope to restore the tower and a series of walls to their ... over a large part of the Tohoku region of northern Japan. The castle dominated the valley of the Kitakami River, which ...