This 16th-century monument, one of the last twelve authentic Japanese medieval castles, features some ingenious military architecture behind its elegant artistry. The 'Raven Black Castle' has ...

Himeji-jo is the finest surviving example of early 17th-century Japanese castle architecture, comprising 83 buildings with highly developed systems of defence and ingenious protection devices dating ...

The men, I’m assuming men, who drew up the blueprints to Himeji Castle thought of everything ... superstructure is a marvel of defensive architecture with two moats (three previously existed ...

Japanese fire fighters battled a massive fire that consumed an historic Japanese castle early on Thursday morning. Shuri Castle, which was originally built 500 years ago, is a Unesco World ...