Kumamoto Castle
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Kumamoto Castle

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Kumamoto Castle (熊本城, Kumamoto-jō) is a hilltop Japanese castle located in Chūō-ku, Kumamoto, in Kumamoto Prefecture. It was a large and well-fortified castle. The castle keep (天守閣, tenshukaku) is a concrete reconstruction built in 1960, but a number of ancillary wooden buildings remain of the original castle.

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32.80606, 130.70597 · Kumamoto

Nearby

  1. Mount AsoNature & outdoors
    38 km
  2. Mount UnzenNature & outdoors
    38 km
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