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The top floor of the tenshu jutted out wider than the one below: the only case in Japan.
The original tenshu (天守, main tower), built between 1602 and 1609 by Hosokawa Tadaoki, was in the karazukuri (唐造り) style: the top floor jutted out wider than the one below it, the opposite of every other castle in Japan. It burned down in 1837; the present structure, in reinforced concrete, dates from 1959, with a lift added in 2019.
The castle stands in the centre of Kitakyushu. It is on the continuation list of the 100 Famous Castles of Japan (続日本100名城), drawn up in 2017.
🚉 Nishi-Kokura · 10 min walk
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