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  • Okayama Castle, Castle Tower
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    Okayama Pref. Okayamashi Kita-ku Marunouchi 2-3-1
    Okayama Castle was constructed over a period of eight years by Ukita Hideie, one member of Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s Council of Five Elders, and was completed in 1597. It is also called “Crow Castle” for its external appearance, as the castle tower walls have black lacquered siding which was a characteristic of this era. The three-tiered, six-storied watchtower-style castle tower is a pentagon of unequal sides and is said to imitate the castle tower of Oda Nobunaga’s Azuchi Castle. The castle tower, which was a National Treasure, was lost due to wartime fires but was rebuilt in 1966.

    Impressive castle from the outside. The museum on the inside does not have any English translations so I didnt have the opportunity to understand the exhibits and stories

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  • Takamatsu Castle Park Museum
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    Okayama Okayama-shi Kita-ku Takamatsu 558-2
    Takamatsu Castle Ruins are located in Takamatsu, Kita Ward in the city of Okayama. When Toyotomi Hideyoshi attacked the Chugoku region on the orders of Oda Nobunaga in 1582, he attacked this castle and conquered it when a member of his staff, Kuroda Kanbei, suggested flooding it. Nowadays, the area around the ruins of the castle is set aside as a historic park. A museum in the park exhibits materials related to the former castle.

    戦国期の物語や大河ドラマに必ず出てくる場所です。豊臣秀吉の水攻めで有名です。公園の案内がなかったら、農地の一角ぐらいで通り過ぎてしまいそうです。有名の場所のわりには普通の農村地帯の風景の一角だったので、やや拍子抜けがありました。駐車場は整備されていて、国道からも案内があります。公園になっていて一角に資料館がありました。

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  • Bitchu Matsuyama Castle
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    Okayama Pref. Takahashishi Uchisange 1
    Bitchu Matsuyama Castle stands at the highest elevation above sea level in Japan at 430 meters as a castle which has a surviving keep. The castle was originally built on Omatsuyama by an Ukan town feudal lord, Akiba Shigenobu during the Kamakura period It was restored by Mizunoya Katsumune in 1683 and retains that castle keep appearance to this day. You can see the vestiges of a castle that was called impregnable, a solid wall of rock rising up to the mountain top. It is also famous as you can observe the apparition of a sea of clouds floating by in the early morning from the end of September to early April. Bitchu Matsuyama Castle was used in the opening shot of the “Taiga” (a long running historical drama on NHK) drama series called “Sanada Maru”.
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  • Oni no Joseki
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    Okayama Pref. Soujashi Okusaka
  • Kamo Castle Ruins
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    Okayama Okayama-shi Kita-ku Kamo
  • Takao Castle Ruins
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    Okayama Okayama-shi Higashi-ku Setocho Katase
  • Shinomiyajoseki
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    Okayama Pref. Tamanoshi Mukaihibi 1-chome
  • Takumi Castle Ruins (Takumi Ke Castle Ruins)
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    Okayama Ibara-shi Kamiinagicho
  • Shiroyama Castle Ruins
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    Okayama Okayama-shi Minami-ku Kori
  • Hi Hata Castle Ruins
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    Okayama Kurashiki-shi Hibata
  • Banyu Yamashiro Ato
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    Okayama Kurashiki-shi Mabicho Ichiba
  • Fukuyama Castle Ruins
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    Okayama Soja-shi Nishigori
  • Honjinyama Castle Ruins
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    Okayama Okayama-shi Kita-ku Kamitakata
  • Motobuto Castle Ruins
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    Okayama Kurashiki-shi Kojimashionasu
  • Shimotsui Castle Ruins
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    Okayama Kurashiki-shi
  • Tsuneyama Castle Ruins
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    Okayama Tamano-shi Utogi , Okayama Okayama-shi Minami-ku Nadasakicho Hazakawa
  • Takamatsu Castle Ruins
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    Okayama Okayama-shi Kita-ku Takamatsu
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Overshadowed by Hiroshima to the west and the Kansai region to the east, Okayama is an easy spot to miss but a nature-rich gem where the Seto Inland Sea laps at its toes and peach and grape farms complete its interior. One of Japan’s Three Great Gardens, Koraku-en in Okayama city is well worth a visit before progressing to Kurashiki, where preserved wooden Edo buildings line the picturesque canal.

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