Hikone Castle is magnificient 400 years old structure.It is three stories tall,with ivory white walls,and sorrounded by a double moat.The castle has been valued at 350,000koku(an old system of measurement ,where one koku is equivalent to the amount of rice it takes to feed one person for one year) From the first lord (Ii Naomasa,1601) until the 14th lord (Ii Naonori,1860) there were niether attacks against nor district changes to Hikone Castle (a span of nearly 260 years)
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