Kumamoto Castle

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Japanese castle hilltop castle tourist attraction

Kumamoto Castle is one of Japan’s most famous and historically significant feudal castles, renowned for its imposing defensive design and role in major samurai-era conflicts.

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Kumamoto Castle canonical 14
Kumamoto Castle area 1
Kumamoto Castle fortifications 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese castle ⓘ
hilltop castle ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
architect Katō Kiyomasa ⓘ
battle Satsuma Rebellion ⓘ
builtBy Katō Kiyomasa ⓘ
builtFor Katō clan ⓘ
constructionEnd 1607 ⓘ
constructionStart 1601 ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
damagedIn Kumamoto earthquakes ⓘ
linked to: 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes

Satsuma Rebellion ⓘ
designatedAs Historic Site of Japan ⓘ
linked to: National Historic Site of Japan

Important Cultural Property of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Important Cultural Properties of Japan
destroyedBy fire in 1877 ⓘ
elevation approximately 50 meters above surrounding plain ⓘ
formerName Chiba Castle ⓘ
governingClan Hosokawa clan ⓘ
Katō clan ⓘ
hasFeature Honmaru Palace ⓘ
Ninomaru compound ⓘ
Uto Yagura turret ⓘ
black-lacquered exterior ⓘ
curved stone bases (musha-gaeshi) ⓘ
defensive gates ⓘ
main keep (tenshu) ⓘ
massive stone walls ⓘ
moats ⓘ
small keep ⓘ
stone stairways ⓘ
storehouses ⓘ
underground passages ⓘ
watchtowers ⓘ
wooden turrets (yagura) ⓘ
hasMuseum Kumamoto Castle Museum Wakuwakuza ⓘ
hasOngoingProject post-2016 earthquake restoration ⓘ
hasReconstructedStructure Honmaru Goten palace ⓘ
main keep ⓘ
small keep ⓘ
hasSurvivingOriginalStructure Uto Yagura ⓘ
some stone walls ⓘ
knownFor association with Katō Kiyomasa ⓘ
one of Japan’s three famous castles ⓘ
role in samurai-era conflicts ⓘ
strong defensive design ⓘ
locatedIn Kumamoto City ⓘ
linked to: Kumamoto

Kumamoto Prefecture ⓘ
Kyushu ⓘ
locatedOn Honmyōji Plateau ⓘ
numberOfGatesBefore1877 about 18 ⓘ
numberOfTurretsBefore1877 about 49 ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
operator Kumamoto City government ⓘ
partOf Three Famous Castles of Japan ⓘ
reconstructedIn 1960 ⓘ
reconstructionType concrete reconstruction of main keep ⓘ
region Kyushu region of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Kyushu
significantEvent Siege of Kumamoto Castle ⓘ
style hirayama-style castle ⓘ
touristVisitorsPerYear over one million (pre-2016) ⓘ
with Himeji Castle ⓘ
Matsumoto Castle ⓘ
yearOfEvent 1877 ⓘ
2016 Kumamoto earthquakes ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Siege of Kumamoto Castle → location → Kumamoto Castle ⓘ
Siege of Kumamoto Castle → defensiveStructure → Kumamoto Castle ⓘ
Kumamoto, Japan → knownFor → Kumamoto Castle ⓘ
Kumamoto, Japan → hasLandmark → Kumamoto Castle ⓘ
Kumamoto Prefecture → knownFor → Kumamoto Castle ⓘ
Kumamoto Prefecture → hasHistoricSite → Kumamoto Castle ⓘ
Kumamoto → hasAttraction → Kumamoto Castle ⓘ
Kumamoto → knownFor → Kumamoto Castle ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Army garrison at Kumamoto Castle → location → Kumamoto Castle ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Army garrison at Kumamoto Castle → garrisonedIn → Kumamoto Castle ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Army garrison at Kumamoto Castle → defended → Kumamoto Castle fortifications ⓘ
linked to: Kumamoto Castle
Shinpūren → locationOfActivity → Kumamoto Castle area ⓘ
linked to: Kumamoto Castle
熊本市 → 主要観光地 → 熊本城 ⓘ
linked to: Kumamoto Castle
2016 Kumamoto earthquakes → damagedStructure → Kumamoto Castle ⓘ
Kumamoto City Tram → hasStopNear → Kumamoto Castle ⓘ
Katō Kiyomasa → built → Kumamoto Castle ⓘ
Hosokawa clan → baseLocation → Kumamoto Castle ⓘ