Matumoto castle

This castle is Matumoto castle in Nagano prefecture. It was built in 1504. This black castle called "Karas". Kras means crow in Japanese.

Nagoya castle official site.

Hi. This link is Nagoya castle official English sites.
You can browse its history, map, and check flowers blossom in the garden.

Nagoya castle official website

Inuyama castle

This is picture of Inuyam castle. It was built in 1469. This castle is national trasure.

Recommendable site #1

This site has information about Inuyama castle. Its layout is good to read, I think.

Earstrider.net

Nagoya castle

Nagoya Castle is the biggest castle in Aichi.It was constructed on the orders of Ieyasu Tokugawa. The best-known item is golden dolphins.It is called kinshachi.
There are many natures.You can see beautiful cherry blossoms in spring.

Recommendable site #2

This site has Information about Iwasaki Castle. This castle is very close to NUFS.
Also, this site has other Japanese castle information.

Jcastle.info

Recommendable site #3

This site has a information of Nagoya Castle, for example, its structure, history and so on.
This information is brief, but it is very useful. Also, you can get information about Japanese traditional culture. Check it!!!!

About.com

Introduction

Hello. we are students of NUFS. In this blog, we’ll introduce about Japanese castle. In Japan, there are many castles, which were built in “sengoku” era, and if you visit such classic architectures, you will feel history from them.