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	Matsumoto
		Matsumoto is in the Japanese alps - the mountainous spine of Japan.
		The castle is only a small part of what used to be the castle complex - the outer moats are filled, the other buildings torn down and the roads rearranged.
		The castle was in pretty bad shape in the 1900's and was completly rebuilt in the last 100 years - but it's still original materials.
	www.johnharveyphoto.com /Japan2/Matsumoto (508 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Matsumoto Castle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The AlcÃ¡zar of Segovia, Spain A castle (from the Latin castellum, diminutive of castra, a military camp, in turn the plural of castrum or watchpost), is a fort, a camp and the logical development of a fortified enclosure.
		Matsumoto Castle is one only one of four castles in Japan to have been designated a national treasure, and to my mind it seems one of the most authentic of the historical attractions in this country.
		Matsumoto is in the Japanese alps - the mountainous spine of Japan.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Matsumoto-Castle (967 words)

	Matsumoto Castle, Nagano
		This historic castle is an original construction, and one of the 4 castles in Japan to be listed as national treasures - the others being Himeji, Inuyama, and Hikone.
		Formerly called Fukashi Castle, it was a branch castle of the Ogasawara family during the long period of the warring states.
		During the war, Matsumoto was the location of an aircraft manufacturing plant owned by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and a key transportation hub, however the castle and city escaped the destruction that hit most Japanese cities of equivalent size, and many that were far smaller.
	www.yamasa.org /japan/english/destinations/nagano/matsumotojou.html (2752 words)

	Matsumoto travel guide - Wikitravel
		Matsumoto (松本; [1]) is in Nagano at the eastern end of the Japan Alps.
		Highway buses from JR Matsumoto station connect to Shinjuku in Tokyo (3 hours, ¥3400), and various destinations in the Japan Alps, notably the Oku-Hida Onsen Villages (90 min, ¥2300-2800).
		Matsumoto is surrounded by numerous campsites and onsen.
	wikitravel.org /en/Matsumoto (1110 words)

	A Tour of Japanese Castles 2 - Kids Travel Agency - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Matsumoto Castle's tower is the oldest surviving Japanese structure with five external levels and six internal stories.
		As Matsumoto Castle was built for the purpose of withstanding attacks by firearms, the exterior is not decorated.
		Matsumoto Castle was about to be sold off to a wealthy individual when local citizens started a drive to collect funds and buy it themselves.
	web-japan.org /kidsweb/travel/castles/castle2.html (354 words)

	Castle Structure and Defense
		The present castle was built by Terumasa Ikeda, the son-in-law of Ieyasu Tokugawa around the start of the Tokugawa Period in Japan, and, in addition to showing off his vast wealth and power, the castle was meant to serve as an important political and military center.
		The castle originally had three rings of moats around it (only one of which can be seen today), in addition to the sloping rock walls, gates and towers typical to most castles.
		Constructed as a Flatland-Mountain castle, Hirosaki castle was built in 1610 as the headquarters for the Tsugaru family, which controlled the northern part of the island of Honshu.
	www.bridgewater.edu /~dhuffman/soc306/s00grp1/webpage2.htm (1333 words)

	MATSUMOTO HOTELS & TRAVEL GUIDE
		Matsumoto (松本) is in Nagano Prefecture, in the Chubu region at the eastern end of the Japan Alps.
		Matsumoto is surrounded by mountains and is acclaimed for its beautiful views.
		Matsumoto, like many areas of Japan is home to abundant onsen (温泉 or hot springs).
	www.japaneselifestyle.com.au /travel/matsumoto.htm (647 words)

	FightingArts.com - Matsumoto Castle - Pride of the City: Part 1
		Matsumoto Jo is a hirajiro, a castle built on a plain, rather than a hill like Shirasagi.
		Matsumoto is dead center of the modern city, on the other side of the business district that is near the train station.
		I reached the castle proper by means of a vermillion bridge that stretches from the park to the base of the Northern Tower, which is also the entrance to the castle complex.
	www.fightingarts.com /reading/article.php?id=502 (1394 words)

	Matsumoto Travel: Matsumoto Castle
		Matsumoto Castle (Matsumotojo) is one of the most complete and beautiful among Japan's original castles.
		Matsumotojo's castle tower and smaller, second turret were built from 1592 to 1614 and were both well defended, as peace was not yet fully secured at the time.
		The castle is a 15 minute walk or a 5 minute bus ride on the "Town Sneaker" Northern Course bus loop line from JR Matsumoto Station.
	www.japan-guide.com /e/e6051.html (137 words)

	matsumoto summer ++ matsumoto castle grand views
		The centerpiece of a beautiful and beautifully situated city in the literal heart of Japan, Matsumoto Castle is a physical as well as cultural challenge -- getting to the top of that elegant structure can often involve scrambling up 75 degree staircases, and long, punishing ladders.
		The fences on the stone walls around the castle and the walls of the turret (nurigome-zukuri) are thick enough to stand bullets and provided with man arrows and gun loopholes.
		It's about defence, defence, defence: the staircases at Matsumoto Castle were deliberately designed to be difficult to climb, to make it that much harder for invaders to penetrate.
	www.angelfire.com /id/croon/matsumoto.html (523 words)

	FightingArts.com - Matsumoto Castle - Pride of the City: Part 2
		The second floor of the Main Tower of castle boasts a formidable collection of teppo, donated to the city by Matsumoto native Akahane Michishige and his wife in 1991.
		Given Matsumoto Jo's facility in using and defending against teppo, the castle is a fitting exhibition space.
		Matsumoto Jo remained in the hands of Tokugawa daimyo until the change of government in 1868.
	www.fightingarts.com /reading/article.php?id=503 (1282 words)

	Destinations Guide - Matsumoto
		Matsumoto is situated on 'the roof of Japan', high amongst the mountains of the 'Japan Alps' and will be our first stop at the start of our Alpine adventure.
		In the city itself, Matsumoto castle is truly splendid, with the original three-turreted castle donjon dating from around 1595.
		Matsumoto is also famed for its 'soba' or buckwheat noodles, which make a delicious lunch whether served hot or cold, a great chance to continue your exploration of Japan's gastronomic delights.
	www.insidejapantours.com /2005/matsumoto.html (252 words)

	Travelocity.com: Destination Guides: Japan
		Matsumoto Castle (Matsumoto): Popularly known as the Crow Castle due to its fl color, this small castle boasts the oldest donjon (keep) in Japan (400 years old).
		A moon-viewing room was added in 1635, and exhibited inside the castle is a superb collection of Japanese matchlocks and samurai armor dating from the mid-16th century through the Edo Period.
		Nijo Castle (Kyoto): One of the few castles built by the mighty Tokugawa shogunate as a residence rather than for defense, Nijo Castle is where the shogun stayed whenever he was in Kyoto.
	dest.travelocity.com /DestGuides/0,1840,AOLCOM\|2662\|\|\|0229020927\|F\|N,00.html (552 words)

	Host Cities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Matsumoto is a historical castle city with a population of 200,000.
		The castle in Matsumoto is a registered national treasure and is a renowned symbol of the city.
		The Matsumoto City Gymnasium was for many years the local indoor sports center, which was substantially expanded in 1991, and has a capacity of 6,000.
	www.tbs.co.jp /vball98/sched/matsumoto.html (480 words)

	Outdoor Japan - Area Guide - Nagano Prefecture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Matsumoto is a gateway to Kamikochi and Norikura, as well as other beautiful areas in the Chubu Sangaku (Japan Alps) National Park.
		The castle was built in 1504 and has been designated a National Treasure.
		Only a short distance from Matsumoto by train or by car, it is a pleasant area to explore.
	www.outdoorjapan.com /areaguides/agnagano3.html (1500 words)

	Matsumoto Travel Guide
		Keeping you up to date on Japan travel and living related issues and site updates.
		Matsumoto is the second largest city in Nagano Prefecture.
		It is most famous for Matsumotojo, one of Japan's most beautiful original castles.
	www.japan-guide.com /e/e6050.html (68 words)

	Matsumoto2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The castle walls are lined with wood hauled down with great effort from the dark forests that still mantle the mountains.
		Once the castle moats were the last line of defense; they kept an invader just out of bowshot while defenders, allied with the force of gravity, could still hit them.
		Matsumoto's watches and computers, and some products that seem to be both, are among the world's best and have found markets all over.
	home.comcast.net /~marvin.wolf/Matsumoto.html (1569 words)

	Outdoor Japan - Features - Matsumoto Region (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Matsumoto is surrounded by the Japan Alps in all directions, located at the heart of Nagano Prefecture and in turn, the heart of Japan.
		Matsumoto City was the center of this culture.
		The castle was started by the Ogasawara clan in 1504, but it was another lord - Ishikawa - who remodelled the fortress in 1593 and built the famous five-tier dojon, a National Treasure, and the oldest in Japan.
	www.outdoorjapan.com /features/ojfeature-matsumoto.html (786 words)

	Matsumoto Castle
		There was to be a large concert held outside the castle the coming weekend, hence the scaffolding and equipment in this picture.
		During the "Meiji Restoration", the lord of Matsumoto Castle, Toda Mitsuhisa, turned control of his land and people over to the Imperial Court.
		Much of the castle was able to be restored to its original condition.
	www.farstrider.net /Japan/Castles/Matsumotojo1.htm (259 words)

	Matsumoto, Ogimachi, Takayama, Matsumoto Castle, Kamikochi, Minkaen Open-Air Museum
		In the Japan Alps high alpine adventure meets old world living and the result is a travel tour that pleases the young and the old, the history buff, and the ski bum.
		The town of Matsumoto and the feudal Matsumoto Castle are an example of the untouched nature of the region.
		Because the towns and villages of the Alps region are spread apart and divided by towering mountains, the best way to see this area of Japan is through a combination of train and bus or rented car.
	www.destination360.com /asia/japan/japan-alps.php (672 words)

	Flatland Castles
		Flatland castles were built during the beginning of the Edo Period.
		In 1931, this castle was proclaimed a national treasure because it had lasted from the early 17th century, but in WWII, it was destroyed by the atomic bomb.
		This castle was heavily fortified with a large moat surrounding its grounds and only two ways to cross it, (each of them strategically placed and built).
	library.thinkquest.org /C001119/tour/parse.php3?src=flatland (273 words)

	JNTO Website \| Find a Location \| Nagano \| Matsumoto
		Matsumoto, situated almost right in the center of Nagano and known as the gate to the North Alps' climbing routes prospered as a castle town at the foot of Matsumoto Castle.
		The Castle's donjon that was built in 1615 is Japan's oldest existing donjon and is designated as a national treasure.
		The large, green Shiroyama Park, at an altitude of 800 meters, is where Dejiro the guarding branch castle for Matsumoto Castle used to be.
	www.jnto.go.jp /eng/location/regional/nagano/matumoto.html (318 words)

	Widescreen Life in Pan and Scan » Blog Archive » Matsumoto Castle
		It and Himeji Castle are two of the oldest and best castles left in Japan.
		Matsumoto Castle is the oldest castle in Japan that has not been burned and rebuilt.
		It was originally built in 1593 and this is still the original castle, although with some additions.
	www.chezjones.net /blog/?p=157 (292 words)

	Matsumoto Guide - Japan Reference (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Matsumoto is famed above all for its splendid medieval castle, built between 1592 and 1614.
		Furthermore, it is one of Japan's few remaining original castles (as opposed to reconstructed), making it a must-see for castle lovers.
		Shinshu Matsumoto Airport has flights to Sapporo, Osaka and Fukuoka.
	www.jref.com /practical/matsumoto.shtml (455 words)

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		Matsumoto castle is the castle build on Matsumoto plains.
		This castle is surrounded by moats for defense.
		This castle with the Japan Alps for a background atracts a lot of people throughout the world.
	www.m-shinano.com /matsu/shiro.htm (194 words)

	Matsumoto - HighBeam Encyclopedia
		ATG Appoints Fumi Matsumoto as Chief Technology Officer; Long-Time ATG Veteran Takes New Role; Co-Founder Joe Chung to Remain Active on the Board of Directors.
		Sink or swim: Colbert Matsumoto is a captain of industry and community.(in focus)(Island Insurance Co. Ltd.)
		Ex-envoy to Jordan Matsumoto appointed to New Zealand
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Matsumot.html (443 words)

	Matsumoto Travel Guide - Hotels, Restaurants, Sightseeing in Matsumoto - New York Times Travel
		Located in the middle of a wide basin about 198m (660 ft.) above sea level and surrounded on all sides by mountain ranges, Matsumoto boasts a fine feudal castle with the oldest existing donjon (keep) in Japan, as well as an outstanding woodblock-print museum.
		202,000) is modern with little remaining from its castle days, it does boast approximately 100 kura (storehouses) scattered throughout town, built a century ago after a devastating fire destroyed most homes and businesses.
		MOST people now know that the spine of mountains running through Nagano, one of Japan's few landlocked prefectures, will be the site of the slaloms and slap shots, bobsleds and biathlons...
	travel.nytimes.com /travel/guides/asia/japan/matsumoto/overview.html (207 words)

	Matsumoto Castle \| Museum/Attraction Review \| Matsumoto \| Frommers.com
		Originally built in 1504 when Japan was in the throes of continuing and bloody civil wars, Matsumoto Castle is a fine specimen of a feudal castle with a 400-year-old donjon that's the oldest existing keep in the country.
		This would have served as the daimyo's (feudal lord's) headquarters in case of enemy attack, while the fifth floor, with views in all directions, was where the generals would have conferred during war.
		Although the Ishikawa clan rebuilt the castle in 1593 in anticipation of gun warfare (guns were introduced to Japan in 1543) with many arrow and gun slots and walls thick enough to withstand bullets, the castle was never attacked because the civil wars ended with the coming of the Edo Period (1603-1867).
	www.frommers.com /destinations/matsumoto/A31224.html (466 words)

	Matsumoto-Jou and Former Kaichi School - photos of sightseeing in Nagano on Worldisround
		Matsumoto Castle (or Matsumoto-jou) is hailed as one of the 3 best originally preserved castles in all of Japan.
		The main castle was built around 1595 in contrasting fl and while levels.
		The castle was designed so that in the event of an attack and castle breech the steep steps and ladders would...
	www.worldisround.com /articles/60436 (179 words)

	Matsumoto Things To Do - Travel Guides - VirtualTourist.com
		The moon viewing pavilion is the last room you pass through on the route through the castle and is a relatively recent addition to the castle.
		The castle is very photogenic from the south and west sides, in particular.
		Directions: From the JR Matsumoto station, it is about a 15 minute walk to the castle.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Asia/Japan/Nagano_ken/Matsumoto-973562/Things_To_Do-Matsumoto-R-1.html (771 words)

	Matsumoto Castle in Japan
		Matsumoto Castle: Page II The inside of the castle is as beautiful as the outside!
		This was the lord's sitting room on the fourth floor of the main donjon.
		The six floored donjon is truly an impressive site from any area of the grounds around the castle.
	farstrider.net /Japan/Castles/Matsumotojo2.htm (167 words)

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