*WS 81: at the Osaka Castle (大坂城 ) in Osaka, Japan*
The Osaka Castle is an old castle dated to 1583. It was built during the reign of the feudal warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi. It became the final stronghold of the Toyotomi clan and later the symbol of Osaka. The older versions have been destroyed in wars and by fires. The one we see today was constructed in 1931 in concrete and heavily renovated in 1997. We spent a morning here in 2018.
The 1st photo shows the perimeter wall with the moat while the 2nd the inner compound. The castle ground is 61,000 sq m in area. The 5th photo shows the 3.5 m long cannon with a 20 cm bore used as a time marker. It was made in 1863 and was fired once everyday at noon to mark the time for the whole of Osaka. It was placed at the entrance of the central castle building.
The central castle building is five stories on the outside and eight stories on the inside. The height is 58 m. Several floors are used to house the Toyotomi Hideyoshi museum with exhibits of paintings, costume and models of famous battle scenes. And lastly a decorative gold fish on the roof.
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