{"id":10142,"date":"2025-05-23T20:04:24","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T10:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/?p=10142"},"modified":"2025-05-27T21:32:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T11:32:07","slug":"japan-kyoto-nijo-castle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/?p=10142","title":{"rendered":"Japan &#8211; Kyoto Nij\u014d Castle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This fortified 17th century castle with dual motes is in the heart of Kyoto and an easy walk from the main shopping area.<br \/>\nIn 1601, Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate, ordered all the feudal lords in western Japan to contribute to the construction of Nij\u014d Castle, which was completed during the reign of his grandson Tokugawa Iemitsu in 1626. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ayton.id.au\/gary\/photos\/Japan\/Kyoto\/GD2126570.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ayton.id.au\/gary\/photos\/Japan\/Kyoto\/GD2126570.jpg\" alt=\"Kyoto castle\" width=\"600\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ayton.id.au\/gary\/photos\/Japan\/Kyoto\/GD2126590.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ayton.id.au\/gary\/photos\/Japan\/Kyoto\/GD2126590.jpg\" alt=\"Kyoto castle\" width=\"600\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ayton.id.au\/gary\/photos\/Japan\/Kyoto\/GD2126600.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ayton.id.au\/gary\/photos\/Japan\/Kyoto\/GD2126600.jpg\" alt=\"Kyoto castle\" width=\"600\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ayton.id.au\/gary\/photos\/Japan\/Kyoto\/GD2126630.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ayton.id.au\/gary\/photos\/Japan\/Kyoto\/GD2126630.jpg\" alt=\"Kyoto castle\" width=\"600\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ayton.id.au\/gary\/photos\/Japan\/Kyoto\/GD2126650.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ayton.id.au\/gary\/photos\/Japan\/Kyoto\/GD2126650.jpg\" alt=\"Kyoto castle\" width=\"600\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Steel gates<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ayton.id.au\/gary\/photos\/Japan\/Kyoto\/GD2126670.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ayton.id.au\/gary\/photos\/Japan\/Kyoto\/GD2126670.jpg\" alt=\"Kyoto castle\" width=\"600\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ayton.id.au\/gary\/photos\/Japan\/Kyoto\/GD2126800.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ayton.id.au\/gary\/photos\/Japan\/Kyoto\/GD2126800.jpg\" alt=\"Kyoto castle\" width=\"600\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photos above taken with Olympus OMD EM-1 III with Olympus 75mm f\/1.8 lens, those below in this post taken with Samsung phone<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ayton.id.au\/gary\/photos\/Japan\/Kyoto\/20250509_1740420.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ayton.id.au\/gary\/photos\/Japan\/Kyoto\/20250509_1740420.jpg\" alt=\"Kyoto castle\" width=\"600\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ayton.id.au\/gary\/photos\/Japan\/Kyoto\/20250509_1132320.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ayton.id.au\/gary\/photos\/Japan\/Kyoto\/20250509_1132320.jpg\" alt=\"Kyoto castle\" width=\"600\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Panoramic view from the Keep<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ayton.id.au\/gary\/photos\/Japan\/Kyoto\/20250509_1058430.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ayton.id.au\/gary\/photos\/Japan\/Kyoto\/20250509_1058430.jpg\" alt=\"Kyoto castle\" width=\"600\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ayton.id.au\/gary\/photos\/Japan\/Kyoto\/20250509_1100440.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ayton.id.au\/gary\/photos\/Japan\/Kyoto\/20250509_1100440.jpg\" alt=\"Kyoto castle\" width=\"600\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Simulated wall decorations inside the castle rooms &#8211; originals are kept elsewhere<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ayton.id.au\/gary\/photos\/Japan\/Kyoto\/20250509_1121270.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ayton.id.au\/gary\/photos\/Japan\/Kyoto\/20250509_1121270.jpg\" alt=\"Kyoto castle\" width=\"600\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ayton.id.au\/gary\/photos\/Japan\/Kyoto\/20250509_1148330.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ayton.id.au\/gary\/photos\/Japan\/Kyoto\/20250509_1148330.jpg\" alt=\"Kyoto castle\" width=\"600\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ayton.id.au\/gary\/photos\/Japan\/Kyoto\/20250509_1149160.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ayton.id.au\/gary\/photos\/Japan\/Kyoto\/20250509_1149160.jpg\" alt=\"Kyoto castle\" width=\"600\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ayton.id.au\/gary\/photos\/Japan\/Kyoto\/20250509_1746010.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ayton.id.au\/gary\/photos\/Japan\/Kyoto\/20250509_1746010.jpg\" alt=\"Kyoto castle\" width=\"600\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>a bit of post-processing fun<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This fortified 17th century castle with dual motes is in the heart of Kyoto and an easy walk from the main shopping area. 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