Carp castle
Hiroshima Castle, sometimes called Carp Castle, is a castle in Hiroshima, Japan that was the residence of the daimyō of the Hiroshima Domain. The castle was originally constructed in the 1590s, but much of it was dismantled in the Meiji era, and what remained was largely destroyed by the atomic bombing on August 6, 1945.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Photo: Reggaeman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle
- Also known as: “Carp Castle”, “Hiroshima castle”, and “Hiroshima Castle”
Photo: ADS-Slayer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hiroshima Gokoku Shrine and Jōhoku Station.
Hiroshima Gokoku Shrine
Shinto shrine
Hiroshima Gokoku Jinja is a Japanese Shinto Shrine in Hiroshima, Japan. Hiroshima Gokoku Shrine is situated 190 metres south of Carp castle.
Jōhoku Station
Railway station
Jōhoku Station is a HRT station on Astram Line, located in 25–80, Nishi-hakushima, Naka-ku, Hiroshima. Jōhoku Station is situated 290 metres north of Carp castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nagarekawacho and Higashi-ku.
Higashi-ku
Suburb
Photo: Taisyo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Higashi-ku is one of the eight wards located in Hiroshima, Japan. It is located on the uppermost delta of the Ōta River. Within Higashi-ku is the Fudoin Temple in Ushita-shinmachi.
Nishi-ku
Suburb
Photo: Taisyo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nishi-ku is one of eight wards in the city of Hiroshima, Japan. The Hiroshima–Nishi Airport was located in Nishi-ku. Nishi-ku is situated 2½ km southwest of Carp castle.
Carp castle
- Categories: Japanese castle, hirajiro, museum, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Chugoku, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
Discover Carp castle from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Albanian to Ukrainian—“Carp castle” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Kështjella Hiroshima”
- Arabic: “قلعة هيروشيما”
- Aragonese: “Castiello d’Hiroshima”
- Azerbaijani: “Hiroşima qəsri”
- Basque: “Hiroshimako gaztelua”
- Catalan: “Castell d’Hiroshima”
- Catalan: “castell de Hiroshima”
- Central Bikol: “Kastilyo nin Hiroshima”
- Chinese: “广岛城”
- Chinese: “廣島城”
- Czech: “Hirošima”
- Czech: “Hrad Hirošima”
- Dutch: “Hiroshima Castle”
- Egyptian Arabic: “قلعه هيروشيما”
- Esperanto: “Hiroŝima-jo”
- Esperanto: “Kastelo de la karpo”
- Estonian: “Hiroshima kindlus”
- French: “castel de Hiroshima”
- French: “château de Hiroshima”
- French: “Château de Hiroshima”
- French: “château de la Carpe”
- French: “Hiroshima-jō”
- German: “Burg Hiroshima”
- German: “Hiroshima-jo”
- German: “Hiroshima-jō”
- German: “Karpfenburg”
- German: “Rijo”
- German: “Rijō”
- German: “広島城”
- German: “鯉城”
- Greek: “Κάστρο της Χιροσίμα”
- Hebrew: “טירת הירושימה”
- Indonesian: “Istana Hiroshima”
- Indonesian: “Kastel Hiroshima”
- Italian: “Castello di Hiroshima”
- Japanese: “在間城”
- Japanese: “広島城”
- Japanese: “当麻城”
- Japanese: “鯉城”
- Javanese: “Istana Hiroshima”
- Javanese: “Kadhaton Hiroshima”
- Javanese: “Kastil Hiroshima”
- Korean: “히로시마성”
- Malayalam: “ഹിരോഷിമ കാസിൽ”
- Marathi: “हिरोशिमा किल्ला”
- Persian: “قلعه هیروشیما”
- Polish: “Zamek Hiroshima”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Hiroshima”
- Russian: “Замок карпа”
- Russian: “Замок карпов”
- Russian: “Замок Хиросима”
- Russian: “Хиросимский замок”
- Slovenian: “Grad Hirošima”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Hiroshima”
- Spanish: “Castillo Hiroshima”
- Turkish: “Hiroşima Kalesi”
- Ukrainian: “Замок карпів”
- Ukrainian: “Замок Хіросіма”
- Ukrainian: “Замок Хіросіми”
- Ukrainian: “Замок Хірошіма”
- Ukrainian: “Хіросімський замок”
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