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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.466 views
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Map of Wakayama Castle.272 views
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Wakayama Castle as seen from Inui Turret. 238 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).225 views
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Cherry blossoms and Wakayama Castle tower.225 views
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Wakayama Castle210 views
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Sakura along the east moat.178 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 1983.150 views
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Wakayama Castle is famous for cherry blossoms in early April. I visited when it was in full bloom. 144 views
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Path to Omotezaka entrance.144 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. 1958.137 views
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A partial maze to make it harder for any attackers to enter the castle. 一中門跡133 views
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Sakura near Okaguchi-mon Gate.128 views
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The Ura-zaka sloping path to the castle tower is a mild climb up.125 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).124 views
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Almost to the castle tower.124 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123 views
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Entrance to Ura-zaka Nobori-guchi sloping path to the tenshukaku castle tower (donjon). 裏坂登り口121 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120 views
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Wakayama Castle is noted for various styles of castle wall. 野面積み120 views
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Model of Wakayama Castle120 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 1959.120 views
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120 views
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120 views
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Castle tower overlooks Ninomaru.119 views
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Castle foundation wall119 views
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Steps up to the castle tower.119 views
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Wakayama Castle in April.119 views
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Castle tower entrance roof has a Chinese cusped gable (karahafu). 唐破風119 views
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Samurai armor, etc., are displayed.119 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118 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.117 views
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On the lookout deck of Wakayama Castle, looking toward Kusunoki Gate and Ninomon Turret.117 views
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Tree growing on castle wall.116 views
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The 50-year-old castle tower is in need of a paint job.116 views
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Steps tp Kusunoki-mon Gate.116 views
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Inside Wakayama Castle tower, a museum.116 views
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View of Wakayama castle tower from Inui Turret.116 views
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Oimawashimon Gate. Renovated in 1985. 追廻門116 views
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The castle tower is in need of a paint job.115 views
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Pistol115 views
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Finally we see the main castle tower amid cherry blossoms.114 views
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Entrance to the castle tower complex is via this gate called Kusunoki-mon. 楠門114 views
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Wakayama Castle tower (donjon).114 views
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Site of Ichinomon Gate. 一の門跡113 views
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Wakayama Castle tower is now a modern museum with three stories.113 views
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Wakayama Castle tower (donjon) and cherry blossoms.113 views
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Kusunoki-mon 楠門113 views
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Stairs to Inui Turret. 113 views
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Inside Inui Turret 乾櫓113 views
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Inui Turret113 views
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Okaguchi-mon Gate, seen from the outside. In 1960, it was disassembled and repaired.113 views
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Cherries droop over a castle wall.112 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112 views
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Tree growing on castle stone foundation.112 views
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Cherry blossoms as seen from Okaguchi-mon Gate.112 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).111 views
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Portrait of Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune who was from Wakayama.111 views
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Corridor leading to Inui Turret.111 views
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Corridor to Ninomon Turret. The corridor is connected to the main castle tower (donjon).111 views
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Wakayama Castle111 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111 views
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View from inside Ohashiroka Bridge, looking toward the castle tower.111 views
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Cherry blossoms on the way to the castle tower.110 views
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Inui Turret 乾櫓110 views
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Top floor of Wakayama Castle tower with a nice balcony for fine views of Wakayama.110 views
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Looking toward Inui Turret110 views
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Markings can be found on the stones.110 views
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Entrance to Ohashiroka Bridge which was completed in April 2006. Free admission.110 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).110 views
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Path to Okaguchi-mon Gate, the castle's back entrance built by Tokugawa Yorinobu.110 views
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Panoramic view of cherry blossoms and Okaguchi-mon Gate.110 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).109 views
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Castle tower stone foundation wall.109 views
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Kusunoki-mon (back side) 楠門109 views
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From the lookout deck of Wakayama Castle, you can see the connected corridors leading to the two turrets.109 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109 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.)109 views
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Ninomaru109 views
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Stone foundation wall of the castle tower.108 views
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Castle tower exit108 views
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Basement steps108 views
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Inside the Engyokaku pavilion (no entry).108 views
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Wakayama Castle marker outside Okaguchi-mon Gate.108 views
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Lookimg toward Omotemon Gate.107 views
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Stairs to Ninomon Turret.107 views
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The final corridor leads to the exit.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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Entrance to Nishinomaru Teien Garden. Also called Momijidani Teien Garden.107 views
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Nishinomaru Teien Garden pond. The garden is a National Scenic Place.107 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107 views
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Wakayama Castle tower and Kusunoki-mon Gate.106 views
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View from inside Ohashiroka Bridge, looking toward the North Moat.106 views
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North Moat 北堀106 views
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Looking toward Inui Turret105 views
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Inui Turret and cherry blossoms. 乾櫓105 views
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Nishinomaru Teien Garden 105 views
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Wakayama's industrial complex in the distance.104 views
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Ohashiroka Bridge entrance on the other end.104 views
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Wakayama Castle as seen from inside the tower complex.103 views
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Omote-zaka steps to the castle tower.103 views
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Okaguchi-mon Gate and cherry blossoms. This part of the castle has the heaviest concentration of sakura.103 views
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