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Maneki is a Japanese restaurant in the Japantown area of the International District in Seattle, Washington that opened in 1904 as the first sushi bar in the city. [1] [2] Some claim it is the oldest Asian restaurant on the West Coast of the United States, and it is recognized as one of the oldest sushi restaurants in the United States.
The beginnings of the shapes and styles now considered to be the "classic" Japanese castle design emerged at this time, and castle towns (jōkamachi, "town below castle") also appeared and developed. Despite these developments, though, for most of the Sengoku period castles remained essentially larger, more complex versions of the simple wooden ...
Because these palace structures are listed as residences [14] by the Japanese cultural authorities, Nijo Castle is often not listed as a castle with national treasure structures. However, as goten (castle palaces) were the central and arguably most important feature of Japanese castles, the palace is a historical part of Nijo Castle. [15]
The castles in Top 100 Japanese Castles or 100 Fine Castles of Japan (日本百名城, Nihon Hyaku-Meijō) were chosen based on their significance in culture, history, and in their regions by the Japanese Castle Association (日本城郭協会, Nihon Jōkaku Kyōkai) in 2006.
Ichigoyama Castle, Yoshii, Gunma; Ichijōdani Castle, Fukui, Fukui; Iga Ueno Castle, Iga, Mie; Iha Castle, Uruma, Okinawa; Imabari Castle, Imabari, Ehime; Ina Castle ...
Yashima Castle: Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture: 667: Korean-style fortress Ruins,restored stonewall Kaneda Castle: Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture: 667: Korean-style fortress Ruins Kikuchi Castle: Yamaga, Kumamoto Prefecture: 698: Korean-style fortress Partially reconstructed Mino Castle: unknown 699: Korean-style fortress unknown location Inazumi ...
The Continued 100 Fine Castles of Japan or Continued Top 100 Japanese Castles (日本続百名城, Nihon Zoku Hyaku-Meijō) is a list of 100 castles, intended as a sequel of 100 Fine Castles of Japan.
Wakayama Castle (和歌山城, Wakayama-jō) is a Japanese castle located in the city Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. For most of the Edo Period , it was the administrative center of Kishū Domain , which was controlled by a cadet branch of the Tokugawa clan .