Osaka Castle, Japan
Osaka Castle is a Japanese castle in Osaka's Ch-ku district. The castle is one of Japan's most iconic landmarks, and it played a key part in Japan's unification during the Azuchi-Momoyama period in the sixteenth century. The castle is highly valued both aesthetically and architecturally, so it is considered one of the most beautiful buildings which like to visit in the world.
The main tower of Osaka Castle is located on a one-square-kilometer parcel of land. It is built on two raised landfill platforms, each overlooking a moat, supported by sheer walls of cut rock using a technique known as Burdock piling. The primary castle building is five stories high on the outside and eight stories high on the inside, and it sits atop a high stone foundation to keep invaders at bay.
A network of moats and defensive defenses surround the Main Tower. Two moats surround the castle (an inner & outer). The inner castle moat is located within the castle grounds and is divided into two types: wet (northern-easterly) and dry (southern-easterly) (south-westerly). Meanwhile, the outer moat surrounds the entire castle premise, marks the castle's exterior borders, and is divided into four separate water-filled portions, each representing a cardinal direction (North, East, South, West).
The grounds of the castle, which measure around 61,000 square meters (15 acres), feature thirteen structures designated by the Japanese government as "important cultural assets."
Location: Chūō, Osaka, Japan
