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CJ Kawashima City

Bustling Port City

  1. Kawashima Castle and Palace Garden

    Kitsunebi
    Welcome to the next update of Kawashima: the castle hill and the former palace gardens. I recommend this for background music:

    :D

    Kawashima Castle 川島城 sits on a long hill in the middle of today's city:
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    The castle hill as seen from the railway station below: 400-1.jpg

    Most of the original buildings and palaces on the castle hill were lost due to fires. The remaining buildings only show a fragment of the old castle... 400-2-1.jpg
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    The hill seems like a green island in the busy city: 400-8.jpg

    A little to the east lies the Palace Garden of the former daimyo leader of the region: 400-9.jpg
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    "Bridge and Pagoda of the flying Geese": 410-3.jpg

    Tea Pavillion of the Barley Fields: 410-4.jpg

    Sun flower fields next to the old palace buildings: 410-5.jpg
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    Moon watching Villa: 410-7.jpg

    The fragrant fields: 410-8-1.jpg
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    A little overview of the garden: 411-0-1.jpg

    The southern parts of the garden were lost and so the city used it for sports and recreation:
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    And finally: the city center with the castle hill by night: 412.jpg

    I hope you like this update ;) more to come...
    Drazicdesign and kipate like this.
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