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17 Things to See Around Azuchi Castle | Museums, Ruins and a Cycling Route
3 Hidden Nobunaga Shrines in Nara — Explore with 360° Panoramic Photos
3 Temples Linked to Nobunaga and Azuchi Castle | Chokoji, Saikoji and Kotakuji
7 Best Spots at Himeji Castle: A One-Morning Walking Tour
A Complete Field Record of the Anegawa Battlefield Signboards｜Nos. 1–15, Historic Site Data, and Panoramic Photos Included
A Historical Journey Through Kaneiji Temple: Walking Among the Resting Places of the Tokugawa Shoguns
A Journey Through Nagoya’s Samurai Past: From Arako’s Toshiie Maeda Statue to Sōōji Temple and the Tokugawa Museum
A Midsummer Return to Hamamatsu: A Day Exploring Landmarks Linked to Tokugawa Ieyasu
Anegawa Battlefield—Free Admission, Cycling Highlights, and Complete Access Guide
Attending Prof. Frédéric Cléans’ Special Lecture on the Historical Accuracy of Shōgun (Aug. 10, 2025)
August 2025: Nikko Toshogu Shrine – Special Prayer Tour in the Shogun’s Seated Chamber | Travel Diary
Azuchi Castle Ruins Visitor Guide 2026 | Access, Routes and What to See
Battle of Okehazama: Oda Nobunaga’s Legendary Upset Over Imagawa Yoshimoto
Choshoji Temple Zenringai
Climbing Mt. Fuji’s Yoshida Trail — 15 Huts and 7 360° Panoramas from the 5th Station to the Summit
Discover 7 Must-See Spots at the Edo Castle Ruins
Edo Castle Ruins Today: The Imperial Palace East Gardens, Public Tour & Inui Street
Edo Castle’s Honmaru: The Tenshudai Keep Base, Fujimi-tamon and the Ooku Site
Edo Castle’s Ninomaru: Garden, Teahouse, Hirakawa Gate and Shiomizaka Slope
Edo Castle’s Outer Grounds: Sakuradamon, Tayasu-mon, Shimizu-mon and Chidorigafuchi
Encountering a Thousand-Year Fragrance — Experiencing the Miracle of Ranjatai at “Shōsōin THE SHOW” in the Ueno Royal Museum
Etchū-no-I (Etchū Well): The Final Moments of Hosokawa Gracia
Explore Sokenji’s Nio Gate and Buddha’s Footprint Stone in 360°
Exploring Nobunaga’s Gifu: A Practical Guide to Sites, Transit, and Goshuin
Exploring the Legacy of William Adams (Miura Anjin): A Journey Through Historic Hirado
Exploring the Sengoku Heritage of Mino and Ōmi: From Nangū Taisha to Azuchi Castle and the Azuchi Castle Archaeological Museum (Travel Log)
Former Hirosaki Toshogu and Kuroishi Shrine: Two Places, One Story
Fujimi-yagura Turret and the 47 Ronin Incident Site: Edo Castle Area Guide
Furuta Oribe Museum: A Kyoto Visit and Hideyoshi Exhibition
Genbao Castle Ruins: Shibata Katsuie’s Headquarters in the 1583 Battle of Shizugatake
Gi to Kizuna Hall Guide: Access, Admission & How to Visit with Odani Castle in Nagahama, Shiga
Gifu Castle Visitor Guide 2026 — Ruins, Routes & What to See During the Closure
Himeji Castle Area 0: Complete Guide – Table of Contents
Himeji Castle Area 1: Main Gate and Outer Grounds
Himeji Castle Area 2: Nishi-no-Maru – The Princess’s Retreat
Himeji Castle Area 3: Main Keep and Connecting Towers
Himeji Castle Area 4: East Bailey and Okiku’s Well
Himeji Castle Area 5: Moats, Stone Walls and Defenses
Himeji Castle Area 6: Gardens, Shrines and Surroundings
Hirado — The City Where the Western Samurai, William Adams, Rests
Hirosaki Castle Buildings Guide｜Keep, 3 Corner Turrets & 5 Gates
Hirosaki Castle Grounds Guide｜Bridges, Moats, Stone Walls & Honmaru Ruins
Hirosaki Castle History｜Tsugaru Clan, the Lost Tower & the 1810 Keep
Hirosaki Castle: A Complete 2026 Visit Guide
Hizen Nagoya Castle (Saga) Travel Journal
Honmaru at Osaka Castle: Sakuramon Gate, the 108-Ton Takoishi & Toyotomi’s Buried Walls
Honmaru Palace and the Kiyomasa Stone: What to See and How Long It Takes
Honmaru, Sannomaru, and the Great Stone Walls | 14 Main-Bailey Sites at Odani Castle Ruins
Honno-ji Temple, Former Honnoji Site & Nanbanji: Nobunaga Kyoto Guide
How to Visit Inuyama Castle: A National Treasure Keep, Urakuen Garden & the Walk from Nagoya
Imperial Palace Inui Street: Visiting the Usually Off-Limits Inner Road
Inside a Castle Turret You Can’t Normally Enter: 300+ Artifacts at the ‘Hidenaga and the History of Koriyama’ Exhibition
Itō: Tracing Miura Anjin and Japan’s First Western Ship
Joining the Public Opening of Inui Street at the Imperial Palace — A Special Morning Woven with History and Nature
Jurakudai, Kyoto: A 4.2 km Walking Route Through the Markers, Excavated Gold Tiles and Castle Stamps
Kanazawa Castle in 1 Hour: 7 Must-See Spots with 360° Panoramas & Route Map
Kanazawa Castle Park: Complete 6-Area Visitor Guide (Personally Visited)
Kanazawa Castle Vol. 1: Ishikawa-mon Gate & Sannomaru North Garden — Edo-Period Original in 360°
Kanazawa Castle Vol. 2: Kahoku-mon Gate, Sannomaru Plaza & Hashizume-mon — The Reconstructed Front Entrance in 360°
Kanazawa Castle Vol. 3: Kita-no-maru & West Ninomaru — Kikko-ishi Stone Walls & Meiji Military HQ in 360°
Kanazawa Castle Vol. 4: Ninomaru Core — Hishi Yagura, Long Storehouses & Palace Site in 360°
Kanazawa Castle Vol. 5: Honmaru — 1590s Nozura-zumi Stone Walls, Turret Sites & Tsurumaru Storehouse in 360°
Kanazawa Castle Vol. 6: Gyokusen’inmaru Garden & Nezumita-mon — The West Bailey & Night Illumination in 360°
Keep Foundation Stones and a Kofun Stone Chamber in Nagoya Castle’s Ofukemaru
Kitanosho Castle Ruins ─ Where Shibata Katsuie and Lady Oichi Made Their Last Stand
Kiyosu Castle Complete Guide | Nobunaga’s Stronghold, the Kiyosu Conference & Access from Nagoya
Kiyosu Castle to Okehazama: Nobunaga’s March Route
Kyotango ~Where Hosokawa Gracia Lived in Hiding and Confinement~
Kyoto City Archaeological Museum: Free Entry and the Excavated Kyoto of Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Miura Anjin’s Legacy in Tokyo: Historical Spots to Explore
Momijidani Garden and the Onbashi Corridor Bridge: The Complete Guide to Wakayama Castle’s Nishinomaru
Morioka Castle Ruins & Morioka Hachimangu Guide
Mount Tennōzan & the Yamazaki Battlefield: Castle Ruins, Monument, and Kofun Guide
Mt. Hiei Enryakuji Saito Precinct: 5 Highlights | Shakado Hall, Ninaido & Jodo-in
Mt. Hiei Enryakuji Temple Todo Precinct: 7 Highlights & a Firsthand Guide to the Konpon Chudo Restoration
Mt. Hiei Enryakuji Temple: Complete Guide to Todo, Saito & Yokawa
Mt. Hiei Enryakuji Yokawa Precinct: 3 Highlights | Birthplace of the Omikuji
Nagahama Toyotomi Brothers! Sacred Sites Guide: How to Visit the Taiga Drama Museum, Nagahama Castle & Chikubushima
Nagoya Castle Nanban Plaster Wall and Northern Culvert: Edo-Period Remains
Nagoya Castle Ninomaru Garden and East Gate: 3 Spots on the East Side
Nagoya Castle Nishinomaru: Museum, a 600-Year-Old Tree and the Main Gate
Nagoya Castle Visitor’s Guide: All 5 Areas, 30 Spots Explained
Nagoya Castle’s Main Keep and Gates: Closed Inside, Still Worth the Walk
Nagoya Castle’s Northwest Turret: Japan’s Second-Largest Surviving Yagura
Nagoya Castle’s Outer Grounds: Five Spots Along the Moat
Nagoya Nakamura: A Walking Guide to Toyotomi Hideyoshi & Hidenaga’s Birthplace
NHK Taiga Drama Exhibition “Toyotomi Brothers!”　Nagoya Venue — A First-Hand Report
NHK Taiga Drama Special Exhibition “Toyotomi Brothers!” Osaka Complete Guide
NHK VR Toyotomi Osaka Castle: Experience Report & Guide | Shibuya, Tokyo
Nijo Castle Complete Guide Where the Tokugawa Shogunate Began — and Ended
Nijo Castle: Honmaru Area 1 Higashi-bashi, the Honmaru Yaguramon & the Castle Itself
Nijo Castle: Honmaru Area 2 Tenshukaku Ruins, the Honmaru West Koguchi & West Bridge
Nijo Castle: Ninomaru Palace AreaKaramon Gate, the National Treasure Palace & Special Scenic Garden
Nijo Castle: Outer Castle Area Northeast Corner Turret Site, North Site, Southwest Corner Turret & West Otemon Gate
Nijo Castle: Perimeter & Entrance AreaHigashi-Otemon, Bansho & the Southeast Corner Turret
Nijo Castle: Seiryu-en Garden & North Area #1 Naruko Gate, North Middle Partition Gate & the Northwest Corner Turret Site
Nijo Castle: Seiryu-en Garden & North Area #2 Northwest Earthen Storehouse (Rice Storehouse) & Kōuntei
Nijo Castle: Seiryu-en Garden & North Area #3 Seiryu-en Garden, the Weeping Pagoda Tree & North Otemon Gate
Nijo Castle: West & South Areas Former Nijo Castle Walls, the Plum Grove & Sakura Garden
Nikko Goshuin Guide: Every Location, What You Pay, and What the Seals Actually Look Like
Nikko Toshogu Visitor Guide: How Long to Allow, When to Arrive & the Route That Works (2026)
Nikko Toshogu: Every Spot Explained — Gates, Carvings, Okumiya
Nikkō Tōshōgū: What the Shrine’s Design Is Trying to Make You Believe
Nishinomaru Garden: Sengan Yagura, Inui Yagura & Japan’s Only Gunpowder Storehouse
Nobunaga’s Hidden Rock — A Small Legendary Site on the Kutsuki Retreat Route
Northern Stronghold: Where Toyotomi Hideyori & Lady Yodo Made Their Last Stand
November 15, 2025 – Joining “An Invitation to Sengoku Ōmi:The Genki Turmoil and the Rise of Oda Nobunaga, the Unifier of Japan”
Odaka Castle Ruins, Washizu Fort & Marune Fort: A 120-Minute Walk Through the Opening Battles of Okehazama
Odani Castle Ruins 360° Panoramic Photos Part 1 | Shiga, Japan
Odani Castle Ruins 360° Panoramic Photos Part 2 | Shiga, Japan
Odani Castle Ruins Complete Guide
Odani Castle Ruins South Route | Museum, Guide Station, Demaru, Bansho, and Sakurababa
Okaguchi Gate and the Matsu-no-maru Walls: Walking Wakayama Castle’s Outer Bailey
Old Nagoya Castle Ruins and the Uzumimon Escape Gate at Nagoya Castle
Osaka Castle Park: All 4 Areas Explored – Spots, History & Visitor Guide
Osaka Castle Walking Tour: 7 Must-See Spots in One Morning
Osaka Castle: A Visit to the Toyotomi Stone Wall Exhibition – A Historical Immersion Journal
Otemon Gate & Tamon Yagura: Osaka Castle’s Historic Main Entrance
Otemon Gate: Edo Castle’s Main Entrance and Its Guardhouses
Overview Page Introduction (for “Himeji Castle”)
Saishoin Temple & Hirosaki Yasaka Shrine
Sensō-ji Beyond Kaminarimon: The Surviving Edo-Period Buildings Most Visitors Walk Past
Shiba Toshogu Shrine Tokyo: What to See, Time and Access
Shiga / Nagahama | Toyotomi Brothers! Kita-Ōmi Nagahama Taiga Drama Museum — Another Way to Experience the Drama in Nagahama’s Castle Town
Shizugatake Sengoku Station: The Complete Guide
Shizugatake: The Chairlift, the Summit Walk, and the 1583 Battle
Sites Connected to Toshiie Maeda｜Area-by-Area Index Around Kanazawa
Sokenji Temple Ruins at Azuchi Castle | Pagoda, Nio Gate and Main Hall Site
Sōzen-ji Temple: The Resting Place of Hosokawa Gracia
Special Report: Exclusive Access to Himeji Castle’s Hishi-no-Mon Gate
Tagamiyama Fort Ruins & Kinomoto Jizo-in: Walking in the Footsteps of Hideyoshi and Hidenaga
Taiga Drama Gō: Hime-tachi no Sengoku
Taiga Drama Sanada Maru: The Life of Sanada Nobushige (Yukimura), Who Blazed Through the Turbulent Warring States Era
Taiga Drama: Gunshi Kanbee — Part I
Taiga Drama: Gunshi Kanbee — Part II
Taiga Drama: Gunshi Kanbee — Part III
Taiga Drama: Toshiie and Matsu #1 — Motivation for Watching: A Gateway to Deeper Historical Insight
Taiga Drama: Toshiie and Matsu #2 — The Characters and Scenes That Stirred My Heart: A Tale of a Couple Who Endured the Turmoil of the Sengoku Era
Taiga Drama: Toshiie and Matsu #3 — Lessons and Connections to the Present: Messages from the Sengoku Era
Taiyuin Mausoleum, Treasure Museum & Hidden Spots — Complete Archive | Nikko Toshogu (On-Site: 2026/2/22)
Takeda Castle Ruins: A Complete Guide to Japan’s “Castle in the Sky”
The Complete Komakiyama Castle Travel Guide
The Historic Stage of Lady Gracia’s Newlywed Life
The Katō Kiyomasa Statue and Two Stone Monuments at Nagoya Castle
The Lion and the Peony: A Complete Guide to the Yamato Koriyama Taiga Drama Museum
Three Surviving Important Cultural Properties in Nagoya Castle’s Honmaru
Tokyo Imperial Palace Public Tour: Same-Day Tickets, the Day’s Flow and 6 Key Spots
Toragozenyama Castle Ruins
Toragozenyama North Route: Reputed Camps of Nobunaga, Hideyoshi and Shibata
Toragozenyama South Route: Six Stops from Yaai Shrine
Toshiie Maeda Heritage Sites around Kanazawa, Vol. 1
Toshiie Maeda Heritage Sites around Kanazawa, Vol. 2
Toshiie Maeda Heritage Sites around Kanazawa, Vol. 3
Toshiie Maeda Heritage Sites around Kanazawa, Vol. 4
Tour the Sites Linked to Hideyoshi and Toshiie in 360° | Azuchi Castle
Toyokuni Byo — The Mausoleum of Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Toyotomi Brothers! Exploring Sunomata Ichiya Castle: A Guide to the Site and the Taikōki Legend
Toyotomi Brothers! Filming Locations & Historic Sites Map Index | Kiyosu, Okehazama, Odani Castle & More
Toyotomi Brothers! Taiga Drama Museum & Related Exhibitions: Complete Venue Guide [2026]
Toyotomi Brothers! Unuma Castle Ruins: Best Viewpoints (Even Though It’s Closed)
Toyotomi Great Return Station & Kohoku Library | A 30-Minute Guide to the Battle of Shizugatake in Kinomoto
Toyotomi Museum in Nagoya Nakamura | Step Behind the Scenes of the Taiga Drama Toyotomi Brothers!
Ueno Toshogu Shrine “Kinshikiden” Special Door OpeningBeyond the Doors Usually Kept Closed
Ueno Toshogu: The Golden Tokugawa Shrine Hidden in Ueno Park — and Whether the ¥700 Paid Area Is Worth It
Uraga — Historic Sites Associated with Miura Anjin
Wakayama Castle Visitor Guide: All 3 Areas and 21 Spots, with Access and Admission
Wakayama Castle’s Keep and Honmaru: Reading the Linked-Keep Complex on Foot
Walk Azuchi Castle’s Main Enclosure in 360° | Kuroganemon Gate to the Keep Base
Walk Azuchi Castle’s Otemichi Main Approach in 360°
Walking Azuchi Castle’s Main Enclosure | 11 Sites from Kuroganemon Gate to the Keep Base
Walking Azuchi Castle’s Otemichi | The Main Approach and 7 Historic Sites
Watching the Taiga Drama “Gunshi Kanbee”
Why Mt. Fuji’s Summit Is Shrine Land — From Ieyasu’s Donation to the 1974 Supreme Court Ruling
William Adams in Yokosuka: A Self-Guided Walk to Anjinzuka, Kashima Shrine, and Jodoji Temple
Yamato Koriyama & Hidenaga — The Complete Walking Guide for Fans of Toyotomi Brothers!
Yamato Koriyama Castle Ruins | Walking Hidenaga’s Castle in the World of Toyotomi Brothers!
Yokoyama Castle Ruins Guide: Access, History & Hiking Routes
Zojoji Temple Guide: What Remains, Time Needed, and Tokugawa Tombs

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