Samurai Castles

4:10 AM to 4:40 AM

Saturday 7 March

Wakayama Castle was a crucial castle for Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu who both guided Japan to peace; its location south of the economic centre of Osaka near the Pacific Ocean was strategic.

Samurai Castles airs on NHK World - Japan at 4:10 AM, Saturday 7 March. (New.)

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