REVISITING TO THE IMPERIAL PALACE.

Revisiting to the imperial palace,we could take notice of something every time.

We started from Sakuradamon gate as same as the previous time. 外桜田門。

Koraimon gate from the inside.　高麗門。

Watariyaguramon gate.　渡り櫓門。

Gangi, or stone steps to the gate.　雁木。

Kikyoumon gate.　桔梗門（内桜田門）。

Kirikomihagi,or stone works  which were made by the blue print.

切込み接（きりこみはぎ）。

Tatumi Yagura, or Southeast turret.　辰巳櫓。

Zooming up,  the turret is overhanging. Firearms were used from the overhanging area

to protect the castle.

Syachihoko,or a fabulous dolphin like fish which was used to decorate the roof-ridge 

of a Japanese castle.

大手門の鯱。

Doshinbansho, or a guard house.　同心番所。

Hyakninbansho, a guard house too.　百人番所。

A kind of stone works at the early stages.

初期の算木積み。

A kind of stone works at the later stages.

後期の算木積み。

Other kind of stone works. 　石積みの進化。

A very famous area, a historical trouble happened here.

松の廊下跡。

Beautiful wax trees.　ハゼ。

A Japanese maple tree.

A flowering quince.　ボケ。

Yuzuriha. A very lucky tree.　ユズリハ。

The leaves of a good lucky tree.

A great cormorant in a moat.　カワウ。

A swan in a moat too.

Fushimi Yagura.  the most beautiful turret in the imperial palace.

伏見櫓。

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