The next adventure in Okinawa, was visiting Nakagusuku Castle, another World Heritage site.
This is what Jcastle has to say about this castle:
Nakakgusuku Castle was built by Sakinakagusuku Aji in the mid 14th Century and expanded upon by Gosamaru in the early 15th Century. Gosamaru was moved to Nakagusuku by the king to check the rising power of Amawari Aji in Katsuren Castle. In 1458 the castle fell to attacks by Amawari the lord of Katsuren Castle. The castle is made up of 6 baileys, each of a different elevation. It is said that Commodore Perry was impressed by the strength of the castle and the engineering displayed in its construction.
Nakagusuku is spread out over a large area.
The view from the top is very nice.
(I love these stone doorways!)
I was careful and didn't see any snakes.
6 comments:
It's a very large castle area. Nice stone window.
Ishigaki is very splendid.
I think that building this tall are rare in Okinawa.
Did people at that time see the scenery you saw through the stone window?
The grounds are beautiful and it's so large. Can you imagine this back in the day when it was all together?
Another interesting place to explore. I'm glad you carefully avoided snakes, but how did that become "hubs", I wonder?
Looks a wonderful place to visit Pamela, great view from the top.
My impression is that it is a huge area, and devoted to gods, there are so many sacred places of prayer.
I had to google hub to see what snake it is. It should have been written HABU on the signboard. On Amami Oshima, they catch and 'pickle' them to make special liquor. https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/ハブ_(動物)#/media/ファイル:Habu-Sake_in_Amami-Oshima.jpg
This place reminds me of castle ruins around here. Even by what's left you can tell how impressive it must have been once!
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