1. Touring castles
2012/12/8
Hitoshi SHIMIZU

2. Background
 I was born in Akashi, the castle town
 I am interested in Japanese history, especially the age of
provincial wars
 I like touring castles

3. About Japanese castles
 Most were built in around 1600, the age of provincial wars
 Many were destroyed during the Meiji Restoration or World
War II
 Some were rebuilt in around 1960 as a symbol of the city
 In recent years, touring castles is
a popular hobby by the effect of
games, animations, comics
A popular game,
Sengoku Basara

4. Feature of Japanese castles
 Castle tower
 Stone wall
 Moat
 Castle town
The biggest stone, named
Tako-Ishi in the Osaka castle

5. Attractions of touring castles
 History
 A feudal load
 A battle
 Character
 Geopolitics
 Scenery
 Imaginary siege
Hikonyan in Hikone,
Shiga Pref.

6. My best castles
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1. Osaka castle
2. Himeji castle
3. Akashi castle
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7. (Appendix) foreign castles
Heidelberg castle