Kumamoto Castle

Kumamoto Castle is a castle built around 1469 AD in Kumamoto Prefecture on Kyushu Island. The current Kumamoto Castle is a reproduction of Kumamoto Castle around 1600 AD, when Kato Kiyomasa was the castle owner.　The original castle tower burned down in 1887 AD and was rebuilt after World War II.The castle grounds, such as the stone walls and the surrounding moat, remain, and are known as very large and impregnable castles.　In fact, there is no history of the castle falling.Katō Kiyomasa was an influential vassal of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who unified the Japan.At that time, Toyotomi Hideyoshi obtained information from the