Small but beautiful wooden castle tower - Marugame Castle

Marugame Castle Marugame Castle is located in Marugame City, Kagawa Prefecture. It is also known as Kameyama Castle and Hourai Castle. The stone walls from the moat to the castle tower are 60 meters high, the highest in Japan. The castle tower of Marugame Castle is one of the only 12 wooden castle towers left in Japan, and it is also the smallest of the existing castle towers, at only 15 meters high. Naturally, this place must be designated as an important national cultural property. It is not easy to climb up the castle tower. It takes some physical strength to go through a series of slopes!