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Photo of the Moment: Ozakajo Castle, Osaka
by Mike Richard
© JoopDorresteijn
Via Wikipedia:
Originally called Ozakajō, it is one of Japan’s most famous castles, and played a major role in the unification of Japan during the sixteenth century of the Azuchi-Momoyama period. Osaka Castle is situated on a plot of land roughly one kilometer square. It is built on two raised platforms of landfill supported by sheer walls of cut rock, using a technique called Burdock piling, each overlooking a moat. The central castle building is five stories on the outside and eight stories on the inside, and built atop a tall stone foundation to protect its occupants from sword-bearing attackers.
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Vagabondish editor, Mike Richard, lives in Rhode Island - a spit of land in the northeastern U.S. He is a professional web designer and travel junkie with an unhealthy addiction to backpacking, camping, hiking and seeing the world. He enjoys knit hats, small, declarative sentences and speaking in the third person.
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September 2nd, 2009
THanks for using and sharing my picture in the correct way Mike! Very cool to find it back like this
September 3rd, 2009
@Joop: You got it! Thanks for allowing us to use such a great piece.