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The fort was built by the Tokugawa shogunate, he ordered Takeda Ayasaburō to design the fort for the purpose of protecting Tsugaru Strait. [3] It became the capital of the Republic of Ezo, a state that existed only in 1869. It was the site of the last battle of the Boshin War between the Republic and the Empire of Japan. The fighting lasted ...
inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as two of the Jōmon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan [7] Irie-Takasago Shell Mounds 42°32′50″N 140°46′13″E / 42.54710056°N 140.77019889°E / 42.54710056; 140.77019889 ( Irie-Takasago Shell
Hokkaido (Japanese: 北海道, Hepburn: Hokkaidō, pronounced [hokkaꜜidoː] ⓘ, lit. ' Northern Sea Circuit; Ainu: Ainu Moshiri, ' or ' Land of the Ainu ') [2] is the second-largest island of Japan and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region. [3]
The outlines of some other star forts from the English Civil War exist. These were often built of ditches and earthen ramparts and were redoubts built to defend weak points in older fortifications such as Fort Royal Hill , Worcester, was built to defend a hill within 17th-century artillery range of the city's medieval walls.
a ten-arch 147 metres (482 ft) long 21.7 metres (71 ft) high concrete railway bridge, the largest on the island; never complete, two piers were removed during work on Japan National Route 244 in 1973 43°50′12″N 144°47′28″E / 43.836672°N 144.791079°E / 43.836672; 144.791079 ( Koshikawa
Hakodate, Hokkaido: 1855: Vauban style star fort [6] Reconstructed Tatsuoka Castle: Saku, Nagano Prefecture: 1864-1867: Vauban style star fort [7] One Building remains Shiryōkaku: Hakodate, Hokkaido: 1869: French style bastion fort [8] Ruins Shichiryōkaku: Nanae, Hokkaido? French style bastion fort [8] Ruins
Shiryōkaku (四稜郭) (literally, "four-point fort") is a fort in the city of Hakodate in southern Hokkaidō, Japan. It was constructed in April 1869, during the Battle of Hakodate , three kilometres to the northeast of Goryōkaku by two hundred soldiers of the former Tokugawa shogunate and a hundred local villagers, likely under the ...
Map of Hokkaido showing the subprefectures and the primary cities. As of April 2010, Hokkaidō has nine General Subprefectural Bureaus (総合振興局) and five Subprefectural Bureaus (振興局). Hokkaidō is one of eight prefectures in Japan that have subprefectures (支庁 shichō). However, it is the only one of the eight to have such ...