from a castle

This castle, Tsuruga-castle was not the original one. The original wooden construction had been there until the end of the samurai-era (around 1870s), though the fire of civil war (in here it was called "Aizu-war") destroyed it severely. But still the original castle was there at that time, and today, we can see an old pic of the surviving original one displayed in the new castle. So, this new castle was re-constructed in 1960s and made by reinforced concrete.

In case we want to find an unchanged heritage from a far samurai-era, I recommend to go to the top of the castle, and see the entire view from there. The mountain line was maybe unchanged.

In Aizu area, there was a tragic story related to young samurais in the civil war and a mountain that we can see from this castle tower. At the end of Aizu war, the castle was fell, and juvenile samurais watched it from the mountain, then decided to follow their seniors who died in the war in a way of samurai.

Here was Tsuruga castle, Aizu-Wakamatsu, Japan.