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12:15, 21 July 2025 Jthaas talk contribs posted a new comment on Shiwa Castle (I don’t have anything to add to the excellent information from ART - but I did want to celebrate visiting my castle #100! It was a clear summer day and I had the site mostly to myself. The size of it is quite impressive and it’s easy to imagine that many thousands of soldiers could have been housed here. I’m pleased to have had the opportunity to explore this historic site.)
15:03, 20 July 2025 180.198.40.177 talk posted a new comment on Kuno Castle (Thanks for this information. It is really helpful and I can more information about Kuno Castle.)
10:53, 13 July 2025 ART talk contribs deleted comment #1479 on Himeji Castle
08:44, 6 July 2025 ART talk contribs posted a new comment on Tenjin'yama Castle (Musashi) (This site is definitely a decenet yamajiro site in its own right. There's a whole outer bailey complex i didn't know about at the time. I found this fantastic guide to these ruins here: https://saichu.sakura.ne.jp/nagatoro.html)
13:37, 30 June 2025 ART talk contribs posted a new comment on Narumi Castle (Narumijō is a hirayamajiro (hilltop-and-plain castle) ruin in the Narumi community (it seems Narumi was once a larger township) of Midori Ward, Nagoya Municipality. The site is now mostly developed over, with the hilltop area maintained as a park, and a stele monument and signboard to be found at Narumi-jinja. Ruins are difficult to identify if indeed there are any. To the rear of the flattened hilltop there is a wide depression which could've been used as a moat. I found some linear mounds,...)
19:11, 23 June 2025 ART talk contribs deleted comment #2897 on Shiroishi Castle
19:10, 23 June 2025 ART talk contribs posted a new comment on Shiroishi Castle (Eric, you went here before the reconstruction? Do you still have pictures from then? Would be interesting to see what it was like.)
19:09, 23 June 2025 ART talk contribs posted a new comment on Kiyosu Castle (I think there's still some nineties picture profiles left... I'll leave them for posterity.)
16:50, 23 June 2025 Eric talk contribs posted a new comment on Kiyosu Castle (...and now I've deleted them too. Truly the end of an era. Maybe one day I'll visit again.)
16:10, 23 June 2025 ART talk contribs posted a new comment on Kiyosu Castle (I took the liberty of switching the cover photo (please revert if too great a liberty!), replacing the 'FRIENDS' era one. There's a few relocated structures, mostly gates, from this site in the Nagoya area that I'm currently investigating, and I hope to update this profile with in the near future.)
11:33, 16 June 2025 ART talk contribs posted a new comment on Kumamoto Castle (Ahh i see a couple of different contributors. Thanks.)
11:06, 16 June 2025 Eric talk contribs posted a new comment on Kumamoto Castle ("contributions from many years ago" - A few photos have details on the photo page if you click through. Non specified photos are from a JHS kid I used to correspond with but his mom didn't want his name or any identifying information on the site!)
09:27, 16 June 2025 ART talk contribs posted a new comment on Kumamoto Castle (Where do the gallery photos come from?)
13:30, 12 June 2025 ART talk contribs posted a new comment on Migawa Castle (Hitachi) (This page is under review ^_^")
13:02, 12 June 2025 ART talk contribs deleted comment #1331 on Akozu Castle
11:54, 9 June 2025 ART talk contribs posted a new comment on Katsumoto Castle (Found a stray unnamed photo file but when I had a look at it I saw the signboard for Katsumoto Castle, so I've put it here (removed the car license plate).)
07:12, 8 June 2025 ART talk contribs posted a new comment on Odani Castle ('That's quite the journey I admire that "strain in your calves". I really should revisit this site now with more knowledge and more time than my first trip. How did you get to Odani Castle if no shuttle or rentacycle? Walk?' Eric, thank you. Both times i've walked. It only takes half an hour. Last time i mentioned the possibility of rental cycles from the station to my friend but she was happy to walk. I recommend doing the whole circuit up to Ohzuku and down via Fukuju and Yamazaki forts....)
07:30, 7 June 2025 Eric talk contribs posted a new comment on Odani Castle (That's quite the journey I admire that "strain in your calves". I really should revisit this site now with more knowledge and more time than my first trip. How did you get to Odani Castle if no shuttle or rentacycle? Walk?)
20:35, 6 June 2025 ART talk contribs posted a new comment on Odani Castle (Some extras... Odanijō-Gessho-toride / Gessho-maru: Gessho-toride is a detached bailey of Odanijō proper, and a fort in the complex of fortifications which make up the expanded Odanijō complex. Whether it should be considered part of Odanijō proper or its own separate site is a matter of personal preference; to me it appears structurally to be an extension of Odanijō proper. Gessho-toride is also called Gessho-maru; 'maru' refers to a bailey of a castle. The ruins of Gessho-toride, situat...)
16:02, 5 June 2025 ART talk contribs posted a new comment on Amagasaki Castle (Amagasaki Castle is "Japan's newest castle", which is to say that it is the castle with the most recently reconstructed main keep. Unfortunately this castle tower, which had its grand opening back in March, 2019, is reconstructed out of concrete, and therefore a superficial reconstruction only. More recent tenshu reconstructions have been faithful to historical materials and building techniques, and so it's too bad that this "last castle of Heisei" is just another concrete museum from within....)
10:32, 2 June 2025 ART talk contribs posted a new comment on Shingu Castle (Added some co-ordinates i recognised to Andrew's pics. Might add some parts not covered here when i can go through my own pics.)
16:33, 31 May 2025 Matthew Ward talk contribs posted a new comment on Chiran Castle (The bukeyashiki district is really good! I did not, however, visit the apparently scant remains of the castle itself.)
07:06, 27 May 2025 Eric talk contribs deleted comment #2882 on Anma Residence
07:06, 27 May 2025 Eric talk contribs posted a new comment on Anma Residence (new comment)
22:15, 26 May 2025 Eric talk contribs deleted comment #2880 on Anma Residence
22:10, 26 May 2025 Eric talk contribs deleted comment #2881 on Four new castles around Sasayama Hyogo
22:10, 26 May 2025 Eric talk contribs posted a new comment on Four new castles around Sasayama Hyogo (newness)
22:08, 26 May 2025 Eric talk contribs posted a new comment on Anma Residence (testnew)
22:04, 26 May 2025 Eric talk contribs deleted comment #2875 on Four new castles around Sasayama Hyogo
22:03, 26 May 2025 Eric talk contribs deleted comment #2876 on Yakami Castle
22:02, 26 May 2025 Eric talk contribs deleted comment #2878 on Sasayama Castle
22:02, 26 May 2025 Eric talk contribs deleted comment #2877 on Hannyaji Castle
22:02, 26 May 2025 Eric talk contribs deleted comment #2879 on Anma Residence
22:00, 26 May 2025 Eric talk contribs posted a new comment on Anma Residence (last test - fingers crossed)
21:53, 26 May 2025 Eric talk contribs posted a new comment on Sasayama Castle (sorry one more test)
21:47, 26 May 2025 Eric talk contribs posted a new comment on Hannyaji Castle (very weedy)
21:41, 26 May 2025 Eric talk contribs posted a new comment on Yakami Castle (nice views)
21:36, 26 May 2025 Eric talk contribs posted a new comment on Four new castles around Sasayama Hyogo (test)
09:56, 26 May 2025 Eric talk contribs posted a new comment on Tatsuno Castle (Oops, you are right. That's probably a holdover from when I had Tatsuno Castle combined with Tatsunoko-jo, which is now separately posted as Keirozan Castle.)
21:50, 25 May 2025 Eric talk contribs deleted comment #2873 on Okudani Castle
21:46, 25 May 2025 Eric talk contribs deleted comment #2872 on Okudani Castle
20:18, 25 May 2025 Eric talk contribs posted a new comment on Okudani Castle (test again)
20:07, 25 May 2025 Eric talk contribs posted a new comment on Okudani Castle (test)
10:00, 25 May 2025 Eric talk contribs deleted comment #2866 on Asama Yakata
08:55, 24 May 2025 ART talk contribs posted a new comment on Kuroi Castle (Tanba-Kuroijō is a mountaintop castle that has many kuruwa (baileys) and ishigaki (stone-piled rampart) segments. The climb is invigorating, and I marched up, bamboo stick in hand, with my bell jingling, the very picture of a healthy adventurer. At one point a young athlete ran straight past me. Well, running isn't for everyone! It takes between twenty to forty minutes to hike up, depending on one's ability, and proper footwear is strongly advised. The ruins and views at the top are worth it....)
07:59, 24 May 2025 Eric talk contribs posted a new comment on Samurai Residences (For this website I use residence to refer to the entire site including gates, warehouses, gardens etc. The house is one part. What was the place you visited in Osaka? It does not sound like any I'm familiar with.)
13:50, 23 May 2025 180.150.39.106 talk posted a new comment on Taga Castle (I visited Taga Castle Ruins in April 2025, the 100 meijô stamp is no longer at the station, but can be found at the Taga Castle Ruins Management Office, which is located not far from the remains of the goverment office. There is also a sign at the station where the stamp used to be to be that provides directions for the new location.)
06:55, 21 May 2025 67.3.188.97 talk posted a new comment on Samurai Residences (I was in Osaka and was invited to visit a Samuri warriors house(?) It was on top of a hill that we had to climb a lot of steps to get to it, which meant that the house had a great shot of the sea. So my question is, and without any prior knowledge, are they called houses or what? . I do have some pictures of the climb and some interior pictures but i see that I can't download them)
06:52, 21 May 2025 84.62.143.159 talk posted a new comment on Kawahara Castle (Honto ni arigatou gozaimasu. Kono website wa hijou ni yueki desu Johannes)
09:35, 20 May 2025 203.46.203.158 talk posted a new comment on Asama Yakata (w)