Currently, a project is under way to rebuild damaged stone walls there, boosted by traditional craftsmanship and the latest technology. The project is helping the castle again attract sightseers ...

Around 1495, the lord of Milan hired Da Vinci to decorate the castle's interior walls and ceilings. It was during this time that he sketched defensive fortifications that bear a striking ...

KYOTO--A stone wall unearthed at the ruins of Fushimi Castle here suggests that 16th-century warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi built the structure with the latest quake-resistant techniques after a ...