Most viewed - Wakayama Castle 和歌山城 |
Wakayama Castle is a short bus ride from JR Wakayama Station. The East Moat (東堀) is what you see when you get off at the Koen-mae bus stop. The Ichinohashi Bridge at Otemon Gate is on the right.464 views
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Map of Wakayama Castle.269 views
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Wakayama Castle as seen from Inui Turret. 236 views
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Cherry blossoms and Wakayama Castle tower.225 views
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Wakayama Castle's main castle tower is connected to a corridor leading to two other turrets. On the left is the entrance to this castle tower complex (tenshu-kuruwa 天守郭).224 views
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Wakayama Castle208 views
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Sakura along the east moat.176 views
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Ichinohashi Bridge (一の橋) leading to Otemon Gate (大手門) is the main entrance to the Wakayama Castle, open 9 am - 5:30 pm. Closed Dec. 29-31. Both the bridge and gate were reconstructed in 1983.149 views
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Wakayama Castle is famous for cherry blossoms in early April. I visited when it was in full bloom. 142 views
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Path to Omotezaka entrance.142 views
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Wakayama Castle tower was destroyed again by World War II bombing on July 9, 1945. It was reconstructed in ferro-concrete in Oct. 1958.136 views
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A partial maze to make it harder for any attackers to enter the castle. 一中門跡130 views
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Sakura near Okaguchi-mon Gate.127 views
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The Ura-zaka sloping path to the castle tower is a mild climb up.123 views
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In 1619, Tokugawa Yorinobu, Ieyasu's 10th son, became the castle lord establishing the Kii clan, one of three key Tokugawa Gosanke clans (along with Owari and Mito).123 views
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Almost to the castle tower.122 views
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Wakayama Castle's Ohashiroka Bridge is a covered corridor connecting Ninomaru and Nishinomaru. Only the castle lord's immediate attendants could cross the bridge, and so it was completely covered. 御橋廊下122 views
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Entrance to Ura-zaka Nobori-guchi sloping path to the tenshukaku castle tower (donjon). 裏坂登り口120 views
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Ninomaru Garden is full of cherries. The Ninomaru was the site of the castle palace where the lord and his ladies resided. 二の丸庭園118 views
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Castle foundation wall118 views
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Wakayama Castle in April.118 views
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Model of Wakayama Castle118 views
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Wakayama Castle is on 48.9-meter-high Mt. Torafusu (虎伏) which resembles a tiger lying on its side when seen from the ocean. The castle is also called Torafusu-jo (lying tiger castle). This tiger statue was created in 1959.118 views
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Castle tower overlooks Ninomaru.117 views
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Wakayama Castle is noted for various styles of castle wall. 野面積み117 views
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Steps up to the castle tower.117 views
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Castle tower entrance roof has a Chinese cusped gable (karahafu). 唐破風117 views
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Samurai armor, etc., are displayed.117 views
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Kusunoki-mon Gate (front side), reconstructed in 1950. This gate was lost along with the castle tower in July 1945. 楠門116 views
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Wakayama Castle tower was struck by lightning in 1846 and destroyed by fire. It was rebuilt in 1850 by special permission from the shogunate which normally did not allow castles to be rebuilt.115 views
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Inside Wakayama Castle tower, a museum.115 views
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On the lookout deck of Wakayama Castle, looking toward Kusunoki Gate and Ninomon Turret.115 views
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Tree growing on castle wall.114 views
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The 50-year-old castle tower is in need of a paint job.114 views
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Steps tp Kusunoki-mon Gate.114 views
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View of Wakayama castle tower from Inui Turret.114 views
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Oimawashimon Gate. Renovated in 1985. 追廻門114 views
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Finally we see the main castle tower amid cherry blossoms.113 views
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The castle tower is in need of a paint job.113 views
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Pistol113 views
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Wakayama Castle tower is now a modern museum with three stories.112 views
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Entrance to the castle tower complex is via this gate called Kusunoki-mon. 楠門112 views
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Wakayama Castle tower (donjon) and cherry blossoms.112 views
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Kusunoki-mon 楠門112 views
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Wakayama Castle tower (donjon).112 views
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Site of Ichinomon Gate. 一の門跡111 views
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Inside Ninomon Turret, totally modern with hardly any views. Caged windows do not help at all. 二の門櫓111 views
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Stairs to Inui Turret. 111 views
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Inside Inui Turret 乾櫓111 views
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Inui Turret111 views
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Okaguchi-mon Gate, seen from the outside. In 1960, it was disassembled and repaired.111 views
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Cherries droop over a castle wall.110 views
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Corridor leading to Inui Turret.110 views
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Corridor to Ninomon Turret. The corridor is connected to the main castle tower (donjon).110 views
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Tree growing on castle stone foundation.110 views
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Cherry blossoms as seen from Okaguchi-mon Gate.110 views
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Cherry blossoms on the way to the castle tower.109 views
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Top floor of Wakayama Castle tower with a nice balcony for fine views of Wakayama.109 views
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Portrait of Tokugawa Yorinobu. His descendants went on to produce six Tokugawa shoguns: Yoshimune, Ieshige, Ieharu, Ienari, Ieyoshi, and Iemochi (Yoshitomi).109 views
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Portrait of Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune who was from Wakayama.109 views
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Looking toward Inui Turret109 views
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Wakayama Castle109 views
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The Ohashiroka Bridge is made of wood with a slight slope. It is a rare castle structure. 御橋廊下109 views
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View from inside Ohashiroka Bridge, looking toward the castle tower.109 views
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Path to Okaguchi-mon Gate, the castle's back entrance built by Tokugawa Yorinobu.109 views
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Castle tower stone foundation wall.108 views
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Inui Turret 乾櫓108 views
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Castle tower exit108 views
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Markings can be found on the stones.108 views
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Entrance to Ohashiroka Bridge which was completed in April 2006. Free admission.108 views
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Wakayama Castle was originally built in 1585 by Toyotomi Hidenaga upon the order of elder brother Hideyoshi. The construction was directed by renown castle architect Lord Todo Takatora, native of Omi (Shiga Prefecture).107 views
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Stone foundation wall of the castle tower.107 views
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Kusunoki-mon (back side) 楠門107 views
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From the lookout deck of Wakayama Castle, you can see the connected corridors leading to the two turrets.107 views
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Wakayama Castle's Ohashiroka Bridge and the castle tower. The bridge is a corridor connecting Ninomaru and Nishinomaru. 御橋廊下107 views
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Inside Ohashiroka Bridge. The floor has planks of wood whose edges are kind of painful for bare feet. (You have to take off your shoes to enter.)107 views
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From the North Moat, we see the Ohashiroka Bridge which was completed in April 2006.107 views
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Ninomaru107 views
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Nishinomaru Teien Garden was originally built by Tokugawa Yorinobu. Renovated in 1973. Noted for maple leaves in fall, a pond, and a floating pavilion called the Engyokaku (鳶魚閣) (left).107 views
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Panoramic view of cherry blossoms and Okaguchi-mon Gate.107 views
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Basement steps106 views
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Inside the Engyokaku pavilion (no entry).106 views
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Wakayama Castle marker outside Okaguchi-mon Gate.106 views
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Okaguchi-mon Gate, an Important Cultural Property. One of the few structures still remaining from the Edo Period. 岡口門106 views
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Wakayama Castle tower and Kusunoki-mon Gate.105 views
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Lookimg toward Omotemon Gate.105 views
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Stairs to Ninomon Turret.105 views
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The final corridor leads to the exit.105 views
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View from inside Ohashiroka Bridge, looking toward the North Moat.105 views
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Entrance to Nishinomaru Teien Garden. Also called Momijidani Teien Garden.105 views
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Nishinomaru Teien Garden pond. The garden is a National Scenic Place.105 views
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North Moat 北堀104 views
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Looking toward Inui Turret103 views
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Inui Turret and cherry blossoms. 乾櫓103 views
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Wakayama's industrial complex in the distance.103 views
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Nishinomaru Teien Garden 103 views
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Ohashiroka Bridge entrance on the other end.103 views
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Omote-zaka steps to the castle tower.102 views
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Wakayama Castle as seen from inside the tower complex.101 views
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Okaguchi-mon Gate and cherry blossoms. This part of the castle has the heaviest concentration of sakura.100 views
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