Most viewed - Shibata Castle 新発田城 |
Shibata Castle, Niigata (Sangai Yagura Turret)268 views
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Sangai Yagura Turret with three shachi sculptures on the T-shaped roof. Unique to Shibata Castle. Unfortunately, we cannot enter this turret since it is within the Ground Self-Defence Force base which occupies much of the castle grounds.267 views
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Sangai Yagura Turret, Shibata Castle 三階櫓, Niigata. The castle never had a tenshukaku castle tower (donjon), so this turret was the grandest castle structure.262 views
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Completed around 1654, Shibata Castle is the only castle in Niigata with Edo-Era structures still remaining. Two turrets were reconstructed in June 2004. 261 viewsThe castle grounds is also occupied by the Ground Self-Defence Forces, making the area open to the public quite small. One of the reconstructed turrets is also inaccessible due to the military base. Still, it is one of Japan's 100 Famous Castles. Entrance to Shibata Castle.
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Shibata Castle Park map223 views
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Statue of Horibe Yasubei (1670-1703). He looks toward Edo (Tokyo).182 views
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Horibe Yasubei was also a master swordsman. 堀部安兵衛181 views
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Sangai Yagura Turret, Shibata Castle. Reconstructed in June 2004 with traditional building methods taking 2 years. 三階櫓162 views
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Shibata Castle is also called Ayame Castle 菖蒲城.149 views
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Sangai Yagura Turret, Shibata Castle 三階櫓147 views
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Banner with the five-diamond clan crest. Sangai Yagura Turret in the distance142 views
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Kyu-Ninomaru Sumi-yagura Turret, one of the two surviving Edo-Era structures. The castle originally had 11 turrets and 5 gates (no castle tower). The Meiji government ordered its destruction in 1872. All the structures were dismantled except two.130 views
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Statue of Lord Mizoguchi Hidekatsu (1548-1610), the first lord of Shibata Castle. 溝口秀勝128 views
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Inside upper floor of Omotemon Gate 表門122 views
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Omotemon Gate, another Important Cultural Property121 views
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Kyu-Ninomaru Sumi-yagura Turret, an Important Cultural Property 旧二の丸隅櫓119 views
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Sangai Yagura Turret, Shibata Castle 三階櫓118 views
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Moat leading to Kyu-Ninomaru Sumi-yagura Turret118 views
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Due to the Meiji government's castle destruction order, most of the castle moats were filled in except for this one next to the Honmaru. After World War II, US troops occupied the castle grounds for a short time..117 views
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Kyu-Ninomaru Sumi-yagura Turret. Toward the base above the stone wall, notice the "namako-kabe" pattern wall 海鼠壁. It resists snow. 旧二の丸隅櫓117 views
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Inside Tatsumi Yagura Turret 辰巳櫓117 views
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Tatsumi Yagura Turret, reconstructed in June 2004. 辰巳櫓115 views
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Statue of Lord Mizoguchi Hidekatsu (1548-1610), the first lord of Shibata Castle. 溝口秀勝115 views
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Inside upper floor of Omotemon Gate 表門115 views
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Shibata Castle is the only castle in Niigata with Edo-era structures still standing.114 views
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Omotemon Gate 表門114 views
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Ground Self-Defence Force base occupies half the castle site (since 1953). The reason why we cannot enter the Sangai Yagura Turret seen here within the base.114 views
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Inside Tatsumi Yagura Turret 辰巳櫓113 views
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Across from the Omotemon Gate is a small park with a statue of Hirobe Yasubei who was from Shibata and one of the 47 ronin (masterless samurai) who avenged his master Lord Asano of Ako, dramatized in Chushingura.113 views
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Stone wall with perfectly-fitting stones. No gaps between the stones.112 views
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Steps to Tatsumi Yagura Turret, reconstructed in June 2004. 辰巳櫓112 views
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View from upper floor of Omotemon Gate 表門111 views
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Ceiling of Tatsumi Yagura Turret109 views
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Omotemon Gate, one of two Edo-Era structures in Shibata Castle and an Important Cultural Property. 表門108 views
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Inside Kyu-Ninomaru Sumi-yagura Turret108 views
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Second floor of Tatsumi Yagura Turret107 views
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Inside Kyu-Ninomaru Sumi-yagura Turret107 views
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Tatsumi Yagura Turret 辰巳櫓106 views
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Kyu-Ninomaru Sumi-yagura Turret, one of two Edo-Era castle structures. 旧二の丸隅櫓106 views
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Stone dropping slot105 views
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Second floor of Tatsumi Yagura Turret104 views
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Tatsumi Yagura Turret. Traditional building methods were used to reconstruct the turret.103 views
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Second floor of Kyu-Ninomaru Sumi-yagura Turret103 views
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Kyu-Ninomaru Sumi-yagura Turret 旧二の丸隅櫓101 views
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Sangai Yagura Turret100 views
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Kyu-Ninomaru Sumi-yagura Turret 旧二の丸隅櫓100 views
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Entrance to upper floor of Omotemon Gate100 views
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Inside Kyu-Ninomaru Sumi-yagura Turret99 views
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