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Aizu Wakamatsu Castle

会津若松城

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Description This is the Kagami Ishi, literally "mirror stone," placed in a stone wall inside the Taiko Gate. It's immense size is supposed to threaten those entering the castle through this gate. There is also a similar sized stone in the Rokabashi Gate.