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Gallery

Fujimi Yagura
Fujimi yagura
Main Keep foundation
Honmaru Bailey
Sakurada yagura
Otemon Gate
Otemon Gate
Kikyomon Gate
Tatsumi Yagura, Kikyomon Gate, Fujimi Yagura
Kikyomon watariyagura gate
Kikyomon Gate
Sakuradamon Gate
Sakurada Gate
Inside the Sakuradamon Gate
Sakurada Moat
Sakashita Gate
Doshin Bansho Guard House
100 man guard house
Daibansho guard house
Shiomizaka slope
Fushimi Yagura
Ishimuro Stone Cellar
Nijubashi Bridge and Fushimi Yagura
Nishinomaru Otemon
Fujimi Tamon Yagura
Nishi Hanebashi Gate.
Hanzomon Gate
Sakurada Moat
Stone walls of the Bairinzaka
Suwa no Chaya Tea House
Hirakawa Gate
Fujomon Gate in the Hirakawa Gate
Hirakawa Gate
Kitahanebashi Gate
moat, stone walls
Tayasu gate
Tayasu Gate
Ushigafuchi Moat
Shimizu Gate
Shimizu Gate
Inui Gate

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Castle Profile
English Name	Edo Castle
Japanese Name	江戸城
Alternate Names	Chiyoda-jo, Tokyo-jo, Ota-jo
Founder	Ota Dokan
Year Founded	1400
Castle Type	Hilltop
Castle Condition	No main keep but other buildings
Historical Period	Edo Period
Artifacts	gates
Features
Visitor Information
Access	Tokyo Station, 5 min walk
Hours	Closed Monday and Friday
Time Required	240
URL	Castle Website
Location	Tokyo, Tokyo
Coordinates
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 |Historical Period=Edo Period
 |Historical Designations=National Historical Site, Top 100 Castles, has Important Cultural Properties
-|History=The history of Edo Castle dates back to the Heian Period when a fortified palace was built by the Edo clan on this site. In 1457 the Uesugi clan constructed the first Edo Castle. The castle remained under the control of the Uesugi family until the coming of the Tokugawa. Before Tokugawa Ieyasu, Edo (Tokyo) was just another town in the Kanto area. Partly due to Ieyasu's revolutionary city planning, the town of Edo developed at lightning speed and quickly became the social and political center of Japan.
-In 1590, after Toyotomi Hideyoshi completed the unification of Japan he granted lordship over the greater Tokyo region to his lieutenant Tokugawa Ieyasu. Tokugawa could have ruled from the well established castle town of Odawara (80km west of Tokyo); instead, he took the opportunity to build a new city from the underdeveloped village of Edo. In a little over 100 years, Edo's population would grow to more than a million people, making it the largest city in the world.
-When Tokugawa became Shogun in 1603, Edo effectively became the capital of Japan. He mobilized a workforce from all parts of the country to build the huge stone walls, watchtowers, and palaces of the castle. The castle was the heart of Tokugawa's city and the largest castle in the world. The castle design was the work of the great castle architect, and Ieyasu's friend, Todo Takatora.
-Please visit the Edo Castle feature page for more photos, maps and descriptions
-I have visited Edo-jo many times and never tire of walking the grounds or searching out remnants of the original castle. The size may surprise you because it would take most of a day to walk the whole grounds and visit all the structures even with a well planned trip.
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