×
Facebook
Twitter
Pinterest
×
What are you looking for?
See all results
Log in

Photos of Azuchi Castle

Azuchi: First Sumo Ring by jpellgen (@1179_jp)

Outside JR Azuchi station is an old sumo (Japanese wrestling) ring. You may not know this, but Azuchi castle town was the birthplace of sumo. Although origins of sumo can be traced back to religious rituals, Nobunaga is believed to have organized the first official sumo competitions here in Azuchi.
Шаблон:Nihongo was one of the primary castles of Oda Nobunaga. It was built from 1576 to 1579, on the shores of Lake Biwa, in Ōmi Province. Nobunaga intentionally built it close enough to Kyoto that he could watch over and guard the approaches to the... Read further
Post a comment
Arrange By:
There are no comments yet. Maybe be you will be the first one to post useful information for fellow travellers? :)

Tourist attractions shown on this image

Report photo

License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License

Important copyright information
All photos viewed on this website are copyrighted by their owners. Clicking on the author name above will take you to the original page for given photo where you can check the copyright information from the author.
Some photos are provided via Flickr, 500px, Instagram and other open APIs in full compliance with the appropriate Terms & Conditions.