World / Japan / Shizuoka, 1 km from center Coordinates: 34°58'45"N   138°23'0"E

Sunpu Castle / 駿府城 (静岡市)


Sunpu Castle (駿府城 ,Sunpu-jō) is a Japanese castle in Shizuoka, which is the capital city of Shizuoka Prefecture in Japan. The sobriquet of this feudal fortress was the "Castle of the Floating Isle."
In pre-modern Japan, Sunpu Castle was the chief fortress in what was then known as Suruga province. The title "Sunpu" (駿府) is a contraction of Suruga no Kokufu.
Wikipedia article: http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/駿府城
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