A National Treasure
the Matsumoto castle
(2009)

The castle tower of Matsumoto Castle is the oldest in Japanes castle, leaved as the Age of Civil Wars. It's called "karasu-jyo(Crow castle) from the viewpoint of black color's shape. It seems to pledge loyal to Toyotomi's Osaka Castle. After great reparing at the Meiji era,the castle was designated a national treasure in 1936 and one of four national treasure castle with Himeji Hikone Inuyama.