Matsuyama Castle

愛媛県/松山市丸之内
松山城

Description
A castle built in 1603 by Kato Yoshiakira, it is one of Japan's 12 remaining castle towers, and was awarded 2 stars in the Michelin tourist guide. It was Japan's last complete castle tower to be built, and symbolizes the Momoyama era(1568-1600) culture in which it was built. In the morning of the weekends, one can see the traditional "castle drumming" which was originally used to escort people quickly into the castle.


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790-0008
愛媛県 松山市丸之内 愛媛県松山市丸之内1

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