The wooden tower that will result is expected to be larger than its counterpart at the World Heritage Himeji Castle. Tetsuo Owada, chairman of the Japan Castle Foundation, said walking directly on ...

Stone foundations within the historic grounds remain, but no blueprints or drawings have been found that show a castle tower was there ... Castle and its history. (Japanese original by Shizuka ...

The temblors caused serious damage to the structures that make up one of Japan’s most ... at the Iidamaru tower alone. The number of stones to be stacked on the entire castle site is estimated ...

Officials hope to restore the tower and a series of walls to their ... over a large part of the Tohoku region of northern Japan. The castle dominated the valley of the Kitakami River, which ...

HIROSAKI, Aomori -- Snow-covered cherry blossom trees and a castle moat in this northern Japan city are currently lit up in pink in the evenings, to the delight of visitors. The "Fuyu ni Saku ...

Himeji Castle, one of Japan's first four UNESCO World Heritage ... "Himeji Castle is not an observation tower. A large amount of money is necessary to protect this historical heritage site with ...