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• Webmaster    February 28, 2010 at 11:09 AM
  

  The information I have puts the height of the actual building itself as 25m from the base of the stone foundation to the top of the roof, excluding the shachi talisman on the top. From the ground level on the inside (not moat side) it is approximately 30m to the top.

• sarai    February 23, 2010 at 02:02 AM
  

  hello I like your page great job I'm from El Salvador a project to graduate and I have to make the castle matsumoto but I need dimensions for height only apparently have no plans but please help if you can already download all the information your page but I need more information and more pictures if you can help me please I beg you to leave my mail ok sarai_palacios88@hotmail.com thank you very much.

• Anonymous    October 01, 2009 at 02:13 PM
  

  of 7 Japanese castles i`ve seen so far this is still my personal favorite.

• Raymond    September 12, 2009 at 02:30 PM
  

  Forgot to mention in my comment below that there is some renovation work going on at the Moon Viewing Tower right now, so that part of the castle keep is covered in scaffolding and some white covers. Just perfect for taking photos...

• Raymond    September 12, 2009 at 11:11 AM
  

  This is a brilliant and photogenic castle to visit. It is definitely one of the most beautiful castles in Japan because of its location right next to the moat and beautifully kept gardens. However, Himeji Castle is more impressive because it has most of its original turrets, gates, and white walls intact. Inside the souvenir shop on the honmaru grounds (inner bailey), you can pick a 52 page book about the history and design of Matsumoto Castle for 1,500yen. It’s all in English which is a huge bonus for those of us not fluent in Japanese. I visited this castle both in the morning on a weekday and afternoon on the weekend in early September. The weekday is definitely better as you don’t have to deal with the crowds in the castle keep.

• furinkazan    August 04, 2009 at 01:45 AM
  

  This is the most beautiful castle i've visited so long, even better than Himejijo. I was there in april and the sakura were in full bloom. It is a very beautiful site.

• Webmaster    March 15, 2009 at 03:51 PM
  

  Hi Dave, I actually have a simple GeoRSS feed I have played around with for this site. http://www.jcastle.info/feeds/georss Let me know if you have any good suggestions how to better make use of this or other geo-encoding.

• "Botany" Dave    March 11, 2009 at 01:01 AM
  

  I was researching interesting uses for GeoRSS feeds when I stumbled across your site. A very nice project! ...& I have to say that Matsumoto Castle is probably my favorite (the method used to join the beams was awesome, the hidden floor was amazing, and the figure of the wood beautiful- the grounds aren't bad either).

• Tohru    March 05, 2009 at 06:13 AM
  

  This is a great website for projects! I'm doing a model(which is hard) and a report. So much to do!

• Anonymous    May 22, 2008 at 11:19 PM
  

  so much projects! add me on that list! =)

• jaime    May 08, 2008 at 12:53 AM
  

  me three am doing a project and this is also helping me out am not kidding

• MM    March 16, 2008 at 07:21 AM
  

  This castle is fantastic to go to. It has a wonderfully preserved Tenshu, as well as several other buildings, quite a few artifacts, and who could ask for a more beautiful setting than the Japanese Alps?

• Anonymous    March 06, 2008 at 02:26 AM
  

  Im doing a project too and this site is really helping out alot.

• Roui (In english it means weird!!!    February 14, 2008 at 10:56 PM
  

  This site is great because I'm doing a school project and I found alot of stuff on this site. Only this castle was built in 1508.