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• File:Saiki2.jpg  + (A view of the north wall of the honmaru foundation, approximately 20 feet high.<div align="right"><small>Picture courtesy of <a href="http://www.samurai-archives.com/">Samurai Archives</a></small></div>)
• File:Okayama9.jpg  + (A view of the opposite side of the main ke … A view of the opposite side of the main keep from across the river. I think it looks even more menacing and opposing from this side. Notice the first level where it comes out to a small triangular point. This was due to the odd shape of the land and foundation at this point. The next level was made rectangular to balance out the structure which left this part uncovered. That necessitated the small karahafu gable just above it, which would otherwise look very out of place.ch would otherwise look very out of place.)
• File:Kakegawa6.jpg  + (A view of the original palace from the inside the main keep.)
• File:Shiwa11.jpg  + (A view of the outer enclosure South Gate from the inner enclosure South Gate.)
• File:Nagoya10.jpg  + (A view of the outer moat and stone walls from within the Ninomaru.)
• File:Saiki4.jpg  + (A view of the path leading northeast up to the ninomaru.<div align="right"><small>Picture courtesy of <a href="http://www.samurai-archives.com/">Samurai Archives</a></small></div>)
• File:Kuwabara6.jpg  + (A view of the steep sides of the Ninomaru bailey.)
• File:Igaueno4.jpg  + (A view of the stone walls from atop the stone wall in the previous photo.)
• File:Kunohe5.jpg  + (A view of the town from the honmaru bailey.)
• File:Uehara9.jpg  + (A view straight down the karabori between the central bailey and Hanareyama.)
• File:Sanadashi3.jpg  + (A wall of the history museum)
• File:Matsuyama22.jpg  + (A wall of the main keep compound. Notice all the loopholes (sama) in the wall. I think I see more sama around Matsuyama Castle than any other castle I've been to.)
• File:Shoryuji2.jpg  + (A well in the Numata Bailey. It's interesting that the concrete guard around the well is in the shape of the kanji for well.)
• File:Obata21.jpg  + (A well inside the honmaru.)
• File:Yamanaka12.jpg  + (A well known view of the shojibori moats around the Nishinomaru bailey.)
• File:Nagashino10.jpg  + (A wooden fence to prevent cavalry charges)
• File:Nagashino11.jpg  + (A wooden fence to prevent cavalry charges)
• File:Shichinohe3.jpg  + (A wooden reconstruction of the Eastern Gate.)
• File:Yamanaka35.jpg  + (A yagura foundation along the embankment of the Daisaki Demaru bailey)
• File:Shishiku27.jpg  + (A yokobori trench)
• File:Izunagahama7.jpg  + (A-D baileys)
• File:Washi5.jpg  + (Above the embankment for the big trench)
• File:Hiroshima7.jpg  + (Across the bridge is the Sannomaru Bailey)
• File:Arikoyama23.jpg  + (Actually, I mistakenly thought that these … Actually, I mistakenly thought that these were the only stone walls left of the castle so I took a ton of pictures here and settled down for a little break. Afterwards I started the rest of the way up the mountain and realized that this was just the beginning of the impressive stonework.the beginning of the impressive stonework.)
• File:Akita6.jpg  + (Administrative compound building foundation)

• File:AizuKarouYashiki.jpg  + (Aizu Karou Yashiki Genkan)

• File:Kofu3.jpg  + (Akagane Gate)
• File:Odawara19.jpg  + (Akaganemon Gate)
• File:Odawara16.jpg  + (Akaganemon Gate)
• File:Fukuchiyama27.jpg  + (Akaganemon Guard House)
• File:Fukuchiyama16.jpg  + (Akaganemon Guard House)
• File:Fukuyama448.jpeg  + (Akamon Gate)
• File:Odani12.jpg  + (Akao Yashiki. This is where one of the hi … Akao Yashiki. This is where one of the highest ranking retainers of the Azai lived. The bailey is split into three levels. This is the highest. You can enter this bailey by the right side path just before the Kurogane Gate. This is where Azai Nagamasa took his own life. is where Azai Nagamasa took his own life.)
• File:Edo stones16.jpg  + (Akasaka Mitsuke Gate<br/>You see sev … Akasaka Mitsuke Gate<br/>You see several different variations of a circle with a small square in the middle and another kokuin on the same stone. The circle and square is the kokuin of the Fukuoka Kuroda (Tadayuki) clan. The variations indicate different retainers.an. The variations indicate different retainers.)
• File:Sakamoto12.jpg  + (Akechi Mitsuhide statue)
• File:Fukuchiyama52.jpg  + (Akechi Yabu)
• File:Fukuchiyama3.jpg  + (Akechi Yabu)
• File:Tanbakamedaikakuji1.jpg  + (Akechimon)
• File:Kakunodate aoyagi24.jpg  + (Akita Folk Museum, a former farm house)
• File:Ako1.jpg  + (Ako Oishi Shrine)
• File:Ako2.jpg  + (Ako Oishi Shrine)
• File:Tokura5.jpg  + (Almost to the top)
• File:Hagiaibagawa3.jpg  + (Along Aibagawa)
• File:Hagiaibagawa4.jpg  + (Along Aibagawa)
• File:Motosu26.jpg  + (Along the base of the mountain)
• File:Motosakura15.jpg  + (Along the edge of the Shiroyama Bailey you can see the steep drop down to the Obi Kuruwa, a narrow bailey, that wraps around part of it.)
• File:Konosumi2.jpg  + (Along the route up the mountain you'll be able to identify several small baileys like this.)
• File:Tsukui27.jpg  + (Along the side of the Iizuna Bailey)
• File:Hekirichi11.jpg  + (Along the top of an embankment)
• File:Kirihara10.jpg  + (Along the top of the horikiri. These stones look like something may have been here before.)
• File:Tsu10.jpg  + (Along the top of the stone wall looking towards the Uzumimon Gate form the Tsukimi Yagura foundation area)