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Carp Castle

The Hiroshima Castle which is now sometimes fondly called the Carp Castle dates back to the 1590’s but was rebuilt after the atomic attack of 1945 in 1958 and today serves mainly as a museum of the city’s history prior to the war. The castle stands in beautiful gardens with moats full of carp and the odd turtle. In the late 1500’s and 1600’s the castle was an important seat of power in the Western Japan region and was built for Lord Mori Terumoto. Many Japanese castles were destroyed during the Tokugawa era in the late 1800’s but it took the events of 1945 to destroy this structure. The original castle was made primarily of pine and stone, where today the castle has reinforced concrete behind its lovely facade.

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The Hiroshima Castle or Carp Castle as it is affectionate known was once the home of the Damiyo or the Feuda Lord of Hiroshima. The original castle was constructed in he 1590’s but was destroyed by the atomic attack of the Second World War but was rebuilt to the original but with new materials with a lot of concrete structure in 1958. Today the castle is a museum which features much history of the city prior to the war. The perimeter of the castle is surrounded by moats which are home to giant carps and turtles which bask in the sun. The original castle was declared a national treasure in 1931 and today although rebuilt the people of Hiroshima are very proud of this lovely structure.

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