Photos tagged as gusuku

Tamagusuku Castle

• Date: 16 May 2009
• Photographer: ilyushin: gallery
• Location: Tamagusuku, Japan
• Tags: okinawa gusuku
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Itokazu Castle

• Date: 16 May 2009
• Photographer: ilyushin: gallery
• Location: Itokazu, Japan
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Ugan

Ugan is a sacred place of prayer in Ryukyu language. It is situated by the Chibana Castle site.

• Date: 10 May 2007
• Photographer: ilyushin: gallery
• Location: Chibana, Japan
• Tags: okinawa chibana gusuku
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Iha Castle

The castle has been registered as Important Cultural Property by Okinawa Prefecture in 1981.

• Date: 10 May 2007
• Photographer: ilyushin: gallery
• Location: Ishikawa, Japan
• Tags: okinawa iha gusuku
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Entrance to Iha Castle

Small castle in Uruma City. Unfortunately the castle is not in good condition.

• Date: 10 May 2007
• Photographer: ilyushin: gallery
• Location: Ishikawa, Japan
• Tags: okinawa iha gusuku
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Agena Castle

The castle has been registered as Important Cultural Property by the government in 1972.

• Date: 10 May 2007
• Photographer: ilyushin: gallery
• Location: Agena, Japan
• Tags: okinawa agena gusuku
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Agena Castle

Agena Castle is situated in Agena, Uruma City. Reportedly, built in 14th century by the ruler Ōkawa.

• Date: 10 May 2007
• Photographer: ilyushin: gallery
• Location: Agena, Japan
• Tags: okinawa agena gusuku
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Stone wall from below

Walls are made of Ryukyu limestone, which can be found in Nansei Islands (Okinawa and Kagoshima Prefectures). The highest part of wall measures 8m.

• Date: 1 April 2007
• Photographer: ilyushin: gallery
• Location: Nakijin, Japan
• Tags: okinawa world_heritage gusuku nakijin
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Stone wall and the East China Sea

The total lenghth of the limestone wall is 1.5km. Gusukus (castles in Okinawa) were usually built on the hills or the mountains.

• Date: 1 April 2007
• Photographer: ilyushin: gallery
• Location: Nakijin, Japan
• Tags: okinawa world_heritage gusuku nakijin
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Main gate Heirō-mon

This main gate of Nakijin Castle was reconstructed in 1962 under the U.S. Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands.

• Date: 1 April 2007
• Photographer: ilyushin: gallery
• Location: Nakijin, Japan
• Tags: okinawa world_heritage gusuku nakijin
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Nakijin Castle

Located on the Motobu Peninsula, Nakijin Castle site is one of the largest gusuku (castle) sites remaining today. It was registered as a part of World Heritage Sites 'Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu,' in 2000.

• Date: 1 April 2007
• Photographer: ilyushin: gallery
• Location: Nakijin, Japan
• Tags: okinawa world_heritage gusuku nakijin
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