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  • Ogaki Castle
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    Gifu Pref. Ogakishi Kuruwamachi 2-52
    With its unusual four-tier main tower, Ogaki Castle has become a beloved symbol of Ogaki City. Ogaki Castle is famous as having been the headquarters of Ishida Mitsunari (the commander of the Western Army) at the time of the Battle of Sekigahara. In the Castle museum, visitors can view a diorama of the Battle of Kuise-gawa, and Rensho Kinzei-no-Sho (a prohibition jointly signed by the commanders) of the Western Army and Eastern Army immediately prior to the Battle of Sekigahara. There is also an experiential activity zone where visitors can handle matchlock muskets, spears and bows that were actually used during the Sengoku (Warring States) period. Ogaki Castle is located around 10-minute walk from JR Ogaki Station.

    Ogaki Castle is located in the very center of the city, and even if you walk from JR station, it takes only 10 minutes. This castle is unfortunately a reconstruction. So I didn’t enter inside, but...

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  • Gujo Hachiman Castle
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    Gifu Pref. Gujoushi Hachimanchouyanagimachi One flat 659
    Gujo Hachiman Castle is Japan’s oldest castle reconstructed out of wood. Building of the fort began in 1559 by Endo Morikazu and by 1667 the shogunate government recognized it as a castle. In 1933 the current castle tower was rebuilt with reference to Ogaki Castle at that time. The sight of the castle appearing to float in the morning mist is a spectacle to behold and is why the castle is also known as the castle in the sky. The four layered wooden castle tower with five floors has been designated as an Important Cultural Property of Gujo City.
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  • Naegi Castle Ruins
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    Gifu Nakatsugawa-shi Naegi
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  • Takayama Castle Ruins
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    Gifu Pref. Takayamashi Shiroyama
    Takayama Castle is a flatland mountain castle which was built on a mountain of 686.6 meters in height. The old fortress style with its two three-story watchtower-style castle towers are believed to have been influenced by Oda Nobunaga’s Azuchi Castle. Now the inner citadel, the outer citadel and inner enclosure are only partitioned by a dry moat, and there are no buildings remaining. In 1945 the castle ruins were designated as a Cultural Property of Japan.
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  • Matsukura Castle Ruins
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    Gifu Takayama-shi Matsukuramachi Shiroyama 2059
    The castle was built in the Eiroku era (around 1579) by Miki Jitsuna (Anekoji Yoritsuna), a general in the Azuchi-Momoyama period (1579-1579), and features large stone walls that are rare for a mountain castle. The stonewalls built atop the high mountain are a sight to behold.
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  • Kanayamajoushi
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    Kani, Gifu Prefecture
  • Fujihashi Shiro
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    Gifu Ibi-gun Ibigawacho
  • Kajita Yamajo Ato
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    Gifu Kamo-gun Tomikacho Kajita
  • Kurono Castle Ruins
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    Gifu Gifu-shi Kurono
  • Takado Castle Ruins
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    Gifu Takayama-shi Kokufucho Urisu
  • Sambutujijoseki
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    Gifu Pref. Takayamashi Sanfukujimachi
  • Takehana Castle Ruins
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    Gifu Hashima-shi Takehanacho Marunouchi 3-chome
  • Do Bora Castle Ruins
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    Gifu Kamo-gun Tomikacho Kajita
  • Fushiya Castle Ruins
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    Gifu Hashima-gun Ginancho Fuseya 3-chome
  • Ogaki Jo
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    Gifu Ogaki-shi Kuruwamachi 2-chome 52
  • Kano Castle Ruins
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    Gifu Gifu-shi Kanomarunouchi
  • Ogimachi Castle Ruins
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    Gifu Ono-gun Shirakawamura Ogimachi
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Tucked away in the very center of Japan, Gifu prefecture houses mountains, old towns, and one of Japan’s greatest hot springs, Gero Onsen. A tour of the prefecture’s traditional architecture will take you from the mountain-enveloped wooden streets of Takayama to the mountain village of Shirakawago, where visitors can explore 250-year-old thatched roofed houses known as gassho-zukuri.

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