No.13 Shirakawa Komine Castle (白河小峰城) : 2018/12/10

No.13 Shirakawa Komine Castle (白河小峰城) (Shirakawa City, Fukushima Prefecture)

Shirakawa Komine Castle is located in Shirakawa City, Fukushima Prefecture.
The stone walls built by Niwa Nagashige in the Edo period are magnificent.

 I began my walk beside the Shirakawa Shukoen museum.

With the stone walls on my left,

 I headed toward the tower with the park on my right.

 The tower came into view.

 The sign reads “Komine Castle.”
Perhaps local people simply call it Komine Castle rather than Shirakawa Komine Castle?

 What magnificent stone walls!

 The site of the main enclosure.
It feels a little lonely with none of the buildings remaining here.

 And here is the tower!
To be precise, it is a three-story turret that served in place of a main keep.

 The Maegomon Gate is impressive too.

 The view looking down from the three-story turret.

 It appeared that damage from the earthquake had been repaired.

 And here is the famous Otome-zakura cherry tree.

 I made sure to collect the castle stamp!

 ＜Digression＞
 In Shiropro:RE, Shirakawa Komine Castle’s special ability is named “Otome-zakura.”
After her Kai-I upgrade, it becomes the stronger “Second-Generation Otome-zakura.”

Until the stamp rally is complete:
97 out of 100 castles remaining.

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