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Yamanaka Castle

山中城

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Description This set of moats is called shoji-bori becuase of how the square shapes look like the squares of a Japanese Shoji (paper screen). These are actually water filled moats and are very rare structures especially in mountaintop castles. These moats are also crafted so that water that built up would spill over in such a way as to fill nearby squares.