23+ Mount Fuji To Azuchi Castle PNG. Sentsu are in the same latitude. Nobunaga intentionally built azuchi castle close enough to kyoto that he could watch over and guard the approaches to the capital, but outside kyoto so his fortress would be immune to the fires and conflicts that occasionally consumed the city.
It took three and a half years to complete the main keep and entire castle.
The trail is a mixture of rocky terrain and forest paths. Fuji you will find a beautiful, and at the same time what may be a little scary, forest. While the defence was strong, azuchi castle was different from previous castles that were solely used as fortresses. The castle keep, usually three to five stories tall, is known as the tenshukaku (天守閣), and may be linked to a number of smaller buildings of two or three stories.