By MAKIKO KOMATSU/ Staff Writer
December 17, 2021 at 07:00 JST
A mock-up replica of the main keep of Fushimi-Momoyama Castle form part of an athletic park in Kyoto’s Fushimi Ward, about 400 meters northwest of the location where Kohatayama Castle is believed to have stood. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
KYOTO--Researchers here unearthed the stone foundations of a castle erected by 16th century warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi that earned the moniker “fabled castle” because it was destroyed in an earthquake soon after its completion. [Read More]
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