Japan (Castles)

Japan Sites:

Nijo Castle Nijo Castle: Kyoto castle built by the first Tokugawa shogun. (Japan) http://www.columbia.edu/itc/ealac/V3613/kyoto/frames/aut_nijo.htm Castles of Japan Castles of Japan: Takashi Toyooka offers a location map, brief description, thumbnail photographs and any relevant links for each castle. Select via an interactive map or an index. Bibliography. (Japan) http://www.geocities.com/castlejapan/ Castles of Japan: A Western Perspective Castles of Japan: A Western Perspective: Aryn Lickey provides a computer aided montage of how Yonago Castle might have appeared, with a map of its location. (Japan) http://www.castlejapan.com/ Guide to Japanese Castles Guide to Japanese Castles: Eric Obershaw provides a general history and description of castles in Japan, and photographs of castles he has visited, with histories taken from the official brochures and display text. (Japan) http://www.jcastle.info/ Shiro: A Japanese Castle Shiro: A Japanese Castle: Stephen Wyley discusses the development and aspects of Japanese castles. Drawings by Steven Lowe. (Japan) http://www.angelfire.com/wy/svenskildbiter/shiro.html Japanese Castles Japanese Castles: A few photographs by Jamie Marconi of the more famous castles in Japan. (Japan) http://www.hungry.com/~jamie/castle.html Himeji Castle Himeji Castle: Detailed, illustrated history and description of this fine early 17th century castle and discussion of the technical orginality of its construction by a Japanese engineering company. (Japan) http://www.jgc.co.jp/waza/a5_himeji/ Virtual Tour Himeji Castle Virtual Tour Himeji Castle: History, map, tour and gallery of photographs of this magnificent timber castle on a stone base, built in 1601 by Terumasa Ikeda - a World Heritage site. By Hakurotowa No Kai. (Japan) http://www.himeji-castle.gr.jp/