| 1．Sentō Imperial Palace | ||||||
| In Japan, the Sentō Imperial Palace (仙洞御所, Sentō gosho, litt. "Emeritus Imperial Palace")35°1′23.89″N 135°45′47.85″E / 35.0233028°N 135.7632917°E / 35.0233028; 135.7632917 traditionally does not refer to a single location, but to any residence of retired emperors. Before Akihito abdicated in 2019, the last Emperor to retire did so in 1817, so the designation commonly refers to the historical Kyoto Sento Imperial Palace (京都仙洞御所). | ||||||
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| 2．Nijō Castle | ||||||
| Nijō Castle (二条城, Nijō-jō) is a flatland castle in Kyoto, Japan. The castle consists of two concentric rings (Kuruwa) of fortifications, the Ninomaru Palace, the ruins of the Honmaru Palace, various support buildings and several gardens. The surface area of the castle is 275,000 square metres (27.5 ha; 68 acres), of which 8,000 square metres (86,000 sq ft) is occupied by buildings. | ||||||
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| Type： Plains castle (平城) Builder ： 1679 Buildyear ： Tokugawa shogunate | ||||||
| 3．Fushimi Castle | ||||||
| Fushimi Castle (伏見城, Fushimi-jō), also known as Momoyama Castle (桃山城, Momoyama-jō) or Fushimi-Momoyama Castle, is a Japanese castle located in Fushimi Ward, Kyoto. Fushimi Castle was constructed from 1592 to 1594 by Toyotomi Hideyoshi at the end of the Sengoku period as his retirement residence. Fushimi Castle was destroyed in 1596 and rebuilt before eventually being demolished in 1623 and its site later used for the tomb of Emperor Meiji. The current Fushimi Castle is a replica constructed in 1964 near the original site in Fushimi.[1] | ||||||
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| Type： Azuchi-Momoyama castle Builder ： 1592–1594, rebuilt late 1590s, again in 1964 Buildyear ： Toyotomi Hideyoshi (original) | ||||||
| 4．Nijōjō-mae Station | ||||||
| Nijōjō-mae Station (二条城前駅, Nijōjō-mae-eki) is a train station in Nakagyō-ku ward, city of Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. | ||||||
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| 5．Fukuchiyama Castle | ||||||
| Fukuchiyama Castle (福知山城, Fukuchiyama-jō) is a castle located in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. | ||||||
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| Type： hilltop Builder ： 1572 Buildyear ： Yokoyama clan | ||||||
| 6．Tanabe Castle (Tango) | ||||||
| Tanabe Castle (田辺城, Tanabe-jō) is a flatland-style Japanese castle located in Maizuru, northern Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Tanabe Castle was home to a branch of the Makino, daimyō of Tango-Tanabe Domain. The castle was nicknamed Maizuru Castle (舞鶴城, Maizuru-jō), and during the early Meiji period, the city was named "Maizuru" to avoid confusion with the city in southern Kyoto now known as Kyōtanabe. | ||||||
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| Type： flatland-style Japanese castle Builder ： c1580 | ||||||
| 7．Miyazu Castle | ||||||
| Miyazu Castle (宮津城, Miyazu-jō) is a flatland-style Japanese castle located in Miyazu, northern Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Miyazu Castle was home to a branch of the Honjō-Matsudaira, daimyō of Miyazu Domain. | ||||||
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| Type： flatland-style Japanese castle Builder ： 1580 | ||||||
| 8．Kameyama Castle (Kyoto) | ||||||
| Kameyama Castle (亀山城, Kameyama-jō) is a castle located in Kameoka, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It guarded the northwest passage into Kyoto for nearly three hundred years. The castle was built by Oda Nobunaga's vassal Akechi Mitsuhide because he needed a front base to conquer Tanba region.[1][2] He set out for Honnō-ji (Honnō-ji Incident) from the castle in 1582.[3] After the Meiji period revolution, all the remaining structures of the castle were removed or destroyed.[1] | ||||||
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| Type： Hira style castle Builder ： 1578 Buildyear ： Akechi Mitsuhide | ||||||
| 9．Shōryūji Castle | ||||||
| Shōryūji Castle (勝龍寺城, Shōryūji-jō) is a castle in Nagaokakyō, Kyoto, Japan. This castle was constructed in 1339 by Hosokawa Yoriharu, a major samurai commander under Ashikaga Takauji, the founder of the Ashikaga shogunate. The area around the castle is a strategic foothold to defend Kyoto, the capital of Japan at that time, from western threats. During the Ōnin War, this castle was used as a castle of the western alliance and became occupied by Iwanari Tomomichi, a daimyō of the Miyoshi clan, during the Sengoku period. The castle fell to Oda Nobunaga in 1568, and was given to Hosokawa Fujitaka, who occupied it until 1579. | ||||||
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