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Approaching Nijo Castle, crossing the moat
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Kara-mon, I think, the second gate you go through
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Kara-mon
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Kara-mon
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Ninomaru Palace, with the nightingale floors (they squeek as you walk around on them, designed to warn the shogun of intruders)
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Entrance to Ninomaru Palace, more carved birds
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Gate through the fortifications
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Honmaru, surrounded by the inner moat of the castle
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The inner moat
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Doorway beside the inner moat
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Flower growing on a bush near the inner moat
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Inner moat
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Tree growing over the inner moat
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Kita Naka Shikiri Mon Gate
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Kita Naka Shikiri Mon Gate
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Stand of bamboo
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Inner moat
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Outbuilding
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Beautification Enforcement Area, sign outside the castle