Shizuoka castle

A park

Shizuoka castle is really much more like a park. The main attrsction is the garden with a nice tea house in it. Of the zctual casle practically nothing remains, just some scarce ruins.

Turrets not Castle

It is only turrets not castle. Two turrets are in the city area. Museum is nearby to show ancient artifacts from the castle ruins

NOT MUCH THERE - BUT WORTH A LOOK

This Castle was very important at one time, but as many of these castle's the disappear not to be rebuilt. two of the guard turrets exist and are fantastic to photography lit up at night in a drizzle...

Actually no castle there

There actually is no castle to be seen, just the castle grounds. The moat and original surrounding wall are still left as well as some castle fragments inside. Once the castle of the retired Shogun ...

Beautiful Gardens

Unlike some reviewers , we visited in order to see the gardens. We were not disappointed! The detail , harmony and balance that the Japanese strive so hard to produce was an absolute delight and I wou...