both in the use of white-painted plaster and in the subtlety of the relationships between the building masses and the multiple roof layers. Criterion (iv): It represents the culmination of Japanese ...

In Nagano province, the black silhouette of Matsumoto Castle stands out against the snowy horizon of the Japanese Alps. This ...

Stones that had fallen from the castle wall, as well as gold-plated roof tiles that bore the family ... this century related to an excavation of a Japanese castle,” Nakai said.