Imabari-shi 今治市
City of Imabari
Imabari has a long history because of its strategic location. Imabari Castle in today’s city centre, whose moat is connected to the sea, is one of the few water castles in Japan. It was built in 1604 at the beginning of the Edo period. After the Meiji Restoration (1868-1912), the new government had all the castle’s buildings destroyed
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