Matsuyama Castle features a tenshu (castle tower or keep) built in the early Edo period. Castle construction began in 1602 and took about a quarter of a century to complete. Construction of the castle began in 1602 and took about a quarter of a century to complete. Located in the center of Matsuyama City, the top floor of the castle tower overlooks the Matsuyama-heiya Plain and the Seto Inland Sea. From the Ninomaru (second circle of defense) to the Honmaru (main circle of defense) is a nobori-ishigaki (climbing stone wall), a form of defense used in Wa-j? (Japanese castles built in Korea in the 16th century), and the southern part of the wall remains in almost perfect condition. All of Shiroyama Park, including Horinouchi, is a national historic site, and 21 buildings here have been designated important national cultural properties. The site is also famous for its sweeping views of the city nightscape, as well as for cherry-blossom viewing.

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