the castle complex covers a wide area and features dozens of buildings, gates and turrets around its main keep, in a design ordered by Kato, a seasoned samurai commander. The huge, steep walls are ...

Kanazawa Castle has an elegant design not seen in other castles. It has plastered geometric-patterned walls; white, metallic roof tiles; and a diversity of stone walls. Money was no object.

Built with magnificent stone walls, Tsuruga Castle is the iconic heart of Aizuwakamatsu ... a military unit composed of samurai warriors still in their teens. This garden was laid out for a ...