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A National Treasure Hikone Castle -Japan.

The main castle tower consist of several hafus [gables ]combined skillfully and shows a harmony of beautifully cuverd lines .The threefold castle tower rises on a solid stone wall called Gobou-Tsumi .It is said that the castle was transferred from Otsu castle ,built by Kyougoku Takatsugu and was completed around 1607.The size of castle was not as big [ height 21m ] as it was during the 18th man-goku era where it yielded 180 thousand koku of rice at that ime .[ 1 koku =approximately 180.39 liters ] The castle is not only beautiful but fulliy as well. The castle was appointed as a national treasure in 1952 .The current existing castle towers beside Hikone castle include Himeji castle ,Mastumoto castle and Inuyama castle .

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Uploaded on February 4, 2017
Taken on October 29, 2016