Sone Castle (曽根城 or 曾根城 Sone-jō) was a castle located in Sone-chō, Ogaki, Gifu Prefecture dating back to the Sengoku Period. It has been designated a historic site by Ogaki City.
The castle was a flatland castle built on a bend of the Hiranoi River (平野井川), a tributary of the Ibi River (揖斐川)...
Hi, last time to Japan for me was 2017. From 2007 to 2017 I visited ten times, three times as a backpacker using JR pass, the next seven times with one of my bicycles and touring Japan by bicycle. Over time on bicycles I rode 25000+ klms visiting sites of interest (castles , traditional towns...
Takashima Castle (高島城 Takashima-jō) is a flatland castle located in the city of Suwa, Nagano Prefecture. In the Edo period, the castle was the residence of the Suwa, who were lesser Fudai daimyō with an income of 30,000 koku. It used to be a water castle jutting out into Lake Suwa and was known...
Statue of Yari and Kita, two characters from Jippensha Ikku's (十返舎 一九, 1765-1831) "Tōkaidō Nakagiri Kurige" in front of Higashigomon (東御門), with Tatsumi-yagura (巽櫓) in the background. Jippensha Ikku was born in Suruga.
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