according to NHK World Japan. Known as the "White Heron Castle" or "White Egret Castle" since it resembles a great bird spreading its wings, Himeji Castle is a massive complex of 83 interconnected ...

It is centred on the Tenshu-gun, a complex made up of the donjon ... Criterion (iv): It represents the culmination of Japanese castle architecture in wood, and preserves all its significant features ...

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The complex is the only remaining example of ... to differentiate Hikone Castle as a unique example of a Japanese castle from the same era. The latest preliminary assessment follows the decision ...

Japanese fire fighters battled a massive fire that consumed an historic Japanese castle early on Thursday morning. Shuri Castle, which was originally built 500 years ago, is a Unesco World ...

The Imperial Japanese 32nd Army, which was tasked with defending the southwestern Nansei Islands, completed the complex 30 meters to 40 meters beneath Shuri-jo Castle by March 1945. The site of ...

When luxury hotel brand Nipponia came on board to manage the City of Ozu's Castle Stay experience in 2020, it became Japan's first castle "hotel" offering. With only a few wooden castles of its ...