This castle was established in 1589 by Terumoto, the feudal lord of most of the Chugoku region. In 1600 Terumotot was forced to retreat to Hagi and Fukushima Masanori became lord of the present day Hiroshima Prefecture. This Masanori was dismissed because he restaured the castle from the floods in 1619 without the permission of the Tokugawa shogunate.The next lord and his family, the Asano, hold the position for the next 250 years up to the Meji restoration. Later on in the 19th century the castle gradually became to serve more as militairy facility. The castle was destroyed by the atomic bomb blast. In 1958 the donjon and the turrets were reconstructed.

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Marjolijn D.

Jun 1, 2009

I thought this castle was a disappointment, especially after seeing Himeji-jo. Once you'r inside all you can see is concrete. It contains a reasonably good museum telling the whole history of the castle, showing what the houses of the Samurai and the traders would have looked like, children and big children can dress up as Samurai. The view from the top floor is not impressive since the castle stands in the plain surrounded by skyscrapers. At the south entrance you can visit the turrets. They have a collection of origami samurai helmets, I thought that was hilarious.

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