Kumamoto Castle

One of the three great castles along with Nagoya Castle.

The current castle was built in 1601 by Kiyomasa Kato, a great commander and took

7 years to complete. The 980,000-square-meter premises are dotted with many

memorable view such as donjons, turrets, turret gates, castle gates and long fences.

This castle is particularly famous for its beautiful curving stonewall called “Musha-gaeshi, which

were built to defend against invading armies. The stone walls have been designated a National

Historic Site and 12 buildings in addition to the Uto-yagura turret have been designated National

Treasure.

Due to the Earthquakes in 2016, the Castle have heavy damages and many of

Castle buildings were destroyed.

After that the restoration activities have been performed with incredible fast speed.