Tokushima Castle (徳島城) 徳島城
Walls of green stone that brightens in the rain: the castle was pulled down in 1875.
Built between 1585 and 1586 by Hachisuka Iemasa after the Shikoku campaign of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who granted him the province of Awa (186,000 koku). National Historic Site since 2006, one of Japan's 100 Famous Castles (no. 76); the palace garden has been a national Place of Scenic Beauty since 1941.
Tokushima
Tokushima