Most viewed - WAKAYAMA 和歌山県 |
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.486 views
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An awesome sight in Minabe, Wakayama.336 views
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Map of Wakayama Castle.291 views
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Wakayama Castle as seen from Inui Turret. 254 views
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Cherry blossoms and Wakayama Castle tower.247 views
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Nachi Falls 那智大滝244 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).243 views
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Wakayama Castle227 views
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Near Tanabe202 views
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Minabe boasts Japan's largest plum tree groves. The trees cover the mountain slopes and a sweet aroma prevails. JR Minabe Station200 views
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Katsuura 勝浦199 views
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Sakura along the east moat.193 views
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Entrance to Minabe Plum Grove. The best time is around mid-Feb. 南部梅林190 views
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Kumano Hongu Shrine181 views
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Plum blossoms178 views
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Slopes covered with plum trees.174 views
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Plum blossoms172 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 1983.167 views
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Wakayama Castle is famous for cherry blossoms in early April. I visited when it was in full bloom. 159 views
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Path to Omotezaka entrance.159 views
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舟見峠155 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. 1958.155 views
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Hagi149 views
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Chikatsuyu147 views
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A partial maze to make it harder for any attackers to enter the castle. 一中門跡145 views
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The Ura-zaka sloping path to the castle tower is a mild climb up.142 views
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Sakura near Okaguchi-mon Gate.142 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).141 views
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Wakayama Castle in April.140 views
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Almost to the castle tower.139 views
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Entrance to Ura-zaka Nobori-guchi sloping path to the tenshukaku castle tower (donjon). 裏坂登り口138 views
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Wakayama Castle is noted for various styles of castle wall. 野面積み138 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138 views
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小雲取越137 views小雲取越
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Castle tower overlooks Ninomaru.137 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137 views
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Samurai armor, etc., are displayed.134 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 1959.134 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133 views
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Steps up to the castle tower.133 views
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The 50-year-old castle tower is in need of a paint job.133 views
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The castle tower is in need of a paint job.133 views
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Model of Wakayama Castle133 views
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Castle foundation wall132 views
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Steps tp Kusunoki-mon Gate.132 views
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Oimawashimon Gate. Renovated in 1985. 追廻門132 views
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Tree growing on castle wall.131 views
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Wakayama Castle tower is now a modern museum with three stories.131 views
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Castle tower entrance roof has a Chinese cusped gable (karahafu). 唐破風131 views
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View of Wakayama castle tower from Inui Turret.131 views
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Inui Turret 乾櫓130 views
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Pistol130 views
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Stairs to Inui Turret. 130 views
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Inside Inui Turret 乾櫓130 views
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Entrance to Ohashiroka Bridge which was completed in April 2006. Free admission.130 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.129 views
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Finally we see the main castle tower amid cherry blossoms.129 views
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Inside Wakayama Castle tower, a museum.129 views
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Inui Turret129 views
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Okaguchi-mon Gate, seen from the outside. In 1960, it was disassembled and repaired.129 views
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Entrance to the castle tower complex is via this gate called Kusunoki-mon. 楠門128 views
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Wakayama Castle tower (donjon) and cherry blossoms.128 views
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Kusunoki-mon 楠門128 views
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Wakayama Castle tower (donjon).128 views
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View from inside Ohashiroka Bridge, looking toward the North Moat.128 views
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Cherries droop over a castle wall.127 views
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Site of Ichinomon Gate. 一の門跡127 views
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Top floor of Wakayama Castle tower with a nice balcony for fine views of Wakayama.127 views
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On the lookout deck of Wakayama Castle, looking toward Kusunoki Gate and Ninomon Turret.127 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127 views
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Corridor leading to Inui Turret.127 views
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Tree growing on castle stone foundation.127 views
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Castle tower stone foundation wall.126 views
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Looking toward Inui Turret126 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126 views
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View from inside Ohashiroka Bridge, looking toward the castle tower.126 views
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Path to Okaguchi-mon Gate, the castle's back entrance built by Tokugawa Yorinobu.126 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).125 views
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Lookimg toward Omotemon Gate.125 views
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Stairs to Ninomon Turret.125 views
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Markings can be found on the stones.125 views
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Cherry blossoms on the way to the castle tower.124 views
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From the North Moat, we see the Ohashiroka Bridge which was completed in April 2006.124 views
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Inside the Engyokaku pavilion (no entry).124 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).124 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124 views
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Panoramic view of cherry blossoms and Okaguchi-mon Gate.124 views
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Cherry blossoms as seen from Okaguchi-mon Gate.124 views
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Stone foundation wall of the castle tower.123 views
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Castle tower exit123 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).123 views
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Portrait of Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune who was from Wakayama.123 views
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Corridor to Ninomon Turret. The corridor is connected to the main castle tower (donjon).123 views
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The final corridor leads to the exit.123 views
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Wakayama Castle123 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.)123 views
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Ninomaru123 views
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Entrance to Nishinomaru Teien Garden. Also called Momijidani Teien Garden.123 views
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From the lookout deck of Wakayama Castle, you can see the connected corridors leading to the two turrets.122 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122 views
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North Moat 北堀121 views
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Ohashiroka Bridge entrance on the other end.121 views
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Kusunoki-mon (back side) 楠門120 views
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Inui Turret and cherry blossoms. 乾櫓120 views
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Basement steps120 views
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Wakayama Castle marker outside Okaguchi-mon Gate.120 views
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Looking toward Inui Turret119 views
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Wakayama's industrial complex in the distance.119 views
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Nishinomaru Teien Garden 119 views
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Nishinomaru Teien Garden pond. The garden is a National Scenic Place.119 views
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Okaguchi-mon Gate and cherry blossoms. This part of the castle has the heaviest concentration of sakura.119 views
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Wakayama Castle tower and Kusunoki-mon Gate.118 views
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Omote-zaka steps to the castle tower.117 views
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Wakayama Castle as seen from inside the tower complex.116 views
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