Photo:Presented by Yamagata City Tourist Association
Photo:Presented by Yamagata City Tourist Association
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Experience Honmaru Goten (main palace) Objects VR
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Experience 360°panoramic view of Honmaru Goten (main palace)
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Watch Video Image of Honmaru Goten (main palace) site
Yamagata Castle (Honmaru and Ninomaru) has been restored using digital technology.
You can use your smartphone to experience Yamagata Castle VR/AR when you visit Kajo Park.
See Yamagata Castle virtually restored to what it once was with VR/AR.
For more information, please visit Yamagata Castle VR/AR.
Yamagata Castle official SNS
Information on the recent situation at Kajo Park, a national historic site of Yamagata Castle.
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The history of the Yamagata Castle began with SHIBA Kaneyori (the first lord of the Mogami clan) who entered Yamagata as Ushu Tandai (local commissioner in Dewa), and constructed a castle in Enbun 2 (1357). The castle was renovated afterwards by MOGAMI Yoshiaki, the 11th lord of the Mogami clan. The moats and the stone walls of the current Ninomaru (second bailey) were repaired by TORII Tadamasa after the Mogami family. The hira-jiro (a castle built on a flat area) as one of the nation's largest scale, wider than Himeji-jo Castle, was designated as a national historic site in Showa 61 (1986).
Yamagata Castle and the successive lords
Let us look back to the successive lords of the castle and their achievements, ranging from SHIBA Kaneyori, the founder of the Mogami clan, MOGAMI Yoshiaki who fought successfully through the time of the warring states and became the first feudal lord of Yamagata Domain, to TORII Tadamasa and HOSHINA Masayuki later.
Characteristics and sight-seeing guide of Yamagata Castle
The guide features various highlights of Kajo Park which is known as Yamagata Castle, a nationally designated historic site. It is also known as a famous place for cherry blossoms, and has number of spots in the city related to the castle.
Honmaru Goten (main palace) site
The Honmaru Goten main palace is the most important facility in the Honmaru of Yamagata Castle, and it did not have a castle tower. The floor plan of the castle still exists to this day, but no historical materials such as elevations, etc., have been found which would inform us of the building's shape. Since Heisei 24 (2012), Yamagata City has conducted excavations for the purpose of maintaining the Honmaru Goten (main palace) site to estimate the location and scale of the palace based on underground remains and excavated artifacts, and under the supervision of researchers, the restoration project is being carried out using the latest digital technology such as CG and VR.
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Experience Honmaru Goten (main palace) Objects VR
This is a CG reconstruction of the Honmaru and Honmaru Goten as they were in the past. You can look down on it from above, or turn it around to see the whole thing from various angles.
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Experience 360°panoramic view of Honmaru Goten (main palace)
This is a 360° panoramic VR image of the restored Honmaru Goten (main palace) made by CG combined with real images. You can experience the realistic images from the internet just as if you were there.
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Watch Video Image of Honmaru Goten (main palace) site
This video introduces Yamagata Castle Honmaru site, including the stone walls, Ote-bashi bridge, Korai-mon gate, Honmaru Ichimonji-mon gate with restored Masugata-dobei (square shape earthen wall) and Honmaru Goten (main palace) site (Honmaru Goten Square).
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Search Artifacts and excavation status
A large number of gold leaf tiles were unearthed during the excavation. In addition to the shachi-gawara (tile), several types of oni-gawara were also excavated, suggesting that there was a multi-story building with a complex roof structure.
