#crow castle

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岡山城　Okayama Castle　

別名　烏城　

also known as　Crow Castle

岡山後楽園　

Okayama Korakuen Garden

Inside Okayama Korakuen garden, the view is arranged so that no modern buildings are visible.”

桜の季節　あまり混んでいません。

It's not too crowded during the cherry blossom season.

[bonerdonorxxx44]

Matsumoto Castle, a 16th-century stronghold nicknamed “Crow Castle” for its distinctive black walls. Japan

[redsamuraiii]

Matsumoto Castle by yulily_k508

[redsamuraiii]

Colorful Summer in Okayama by  三谷ユカリ

[castle-journeys]

Okayama Castle

The original building was started in 1573 by the feudal lord Ukita Naoie and completed by his son Hideie, in 1597, with the main keep having six floors. It is one of the few castles with a black exterior in Japan and was nicknamed Ujo - Crow Castle. In the 1600s the castle was taken over by the Ikeda clan where it and the town flourished and the outer gardens were built. In 1896 during the Meiji restoration its moats were filled in, and during WW2 it was mostly destroyed with only the tsukima-yagura (Moon-viewing turret) surviving. The castle was rebuilt in 1966 and has an elevator and museum inside.

[notdefinedbystars]

Peaceful Bliss in Okayama Okayama is the capital city of Okayama Prefecture in the southern Chūgoku region of Japan and is said to hold the roots of the famous children's story of the peach boy, Momotaro.

[quo-usque-tandem]

Crow Castle, Japan

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