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Entrance
Stairs in entrance
Door that covers the stairs
Storage for weapons
Storage for guns and lances
Inside of the castle
There are also some interesting devices in the castle. There are small stairs just inside the main front door. There...
Drop roof (murder hole)
Castles and gates feature drop roofs. There are also larger ones located on the outer corners of the castle. Defenders would drop stones, hot water and hot oil when enemies attempted to climb the stone wall.
on the wall (outside)
on the wall (inside)
In the castle
on the gate (inside)
on the gate (outside)
Shooting Hole
The walls also feature defenses. The walls and castle buildings have round and triangular shaped holes. These holes are used for...
1st gate with moat (outside)
Gate "Hishi" (outside)
Gate "Hishi" (inside)
Gate "I" (outside)
Gate "I" (inside)
Gate "Nu" (outside)
Gate "Nu" (inside)
The last gate (door of the castle)
Castle Gates
There are 21 gates in the castle area....
There are only 12 remaining original castles in Japan that are still standing since the 16th or the 17th century. The rest of the castles in Japan were rebuilt after being destroyed in World War II. Osaka castle and Nagoya castles are the most famous...
