The temblors caused serious damage to the structures that make up one of Japan’s most ... Kumamoto Castle is comprised of as many as 1,000 stone walls arranged in a complex fashion on its ...

"There was a gorgeous Japanese-style guest room (at the castle on the mountain)," according to the city's education board. A detailed image of the stone wall, including the base of the keep ...

Criterion (iv): It represents the culmination of Japanese castle architecture in wood ... ramparts, gates, and stone walls have fully retained their original composition and condition dating back to ...

Osaka Castle is one of Japan's largest, covering over 100ha. The 30m stone walls and 90m moat are impressive. Why was such a huge castle needed? Learn about the powerful daimyo who moved history.

Over the centuries, its multiple walls, turrets and buildings have ... two earthquakes in April 2016 and much of the castle, considered one of Japan’s finest, is again undergoing repairs.

The site features remnants of remarkable castle walls built using Ryukyu limestone in the 14th century, an era when samurai such as Kusunoki Masashige were constructing mountaintop forts for battles ...

A fire has destroyed all the main structures of Shuri Castle, a Unesco World Heritage site on Japan's southern island ... and is surrounded by curved stone walls. One resident said the castle ...

One of Japan’s most famous castles, Osaka Castle is 8 stories high, surrounded by a massive defensive wall and a large moat.

This time on Journeys in Japan, architect James Lambiasi visits ... Built with magnificent stone walls, Tsuruga Castle is the iconic heart of Aizuwakamatsu. During the civil war of 1868, the ...