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Modern SitesSite Name: Hirosaki-jō castle San-no-Maru Alternative Name: 弘前城三の丸 Horosaki-joCountry: Japan
NOTE: This site is 0.433 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Honshū Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Nearest Town: Hirosaki (Aomori pref.) Nearest Village: ShimoShirogane-chō 下白
Latitude: 40.606480N Longitude: 140.466400E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Hirosaki-jō castle, well known for its fine cherry blossom trees, is only surviving medieval castle in Tōhoku region. In its San-no-Maru (=outer enclosure) area, now modified as Hirosaki Castle Botanical Garden, there are vast and tiny dry landscape gardens in Aomori's peculiar style "Ōishi Bugaku-ryū (大石武学流)"
Open : 9:00-17:00 (mid apr.-Nov.23), Admission : 320 Japanese Yen (2024 price). Official site in English
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