Built during a period of peace, at the beginning of the Tokugawa shogunate, the Aoba castle in Sendai never had a tower ("tenshu"), featuring instead a large palace. The main building of the palace, Ohiroma ("Large Hall"), had 14 rooms, with a total surface of 430 tatami mats, which means about 710 square meters.
The palace ruins, restored to the ground level, can be visited at the site of the Aoba castle, right next to the famous
statue of Date Masamune.
Sendai Castle Site, Sendai, MiyagiEXIF info:
Nikon Df
Lens: VR 28-300mm F/3.5-5.6G
Focal Length: 112mm
Aperture: F/6.3
Shutter Speed: 1/800s
ISO Sensitivity: ISO 1600
