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Situated in Osaka, the financial center of Japan, Osaka Castle is one of the most famous and historic castles and the main landmark of the city. Back when Osaka Castle was initially built, this castle was the largest and best constructed. It is the symbol of the city and is an important historical monument that represents the great history of the Azuchi-Momoyama period during the 16th century. In 1583 Hideyoshi Toyotomi, a famous unifying warlord of Japanese history, ordered to build this castle. With a long-complicated history of built, destroyed and rebuilt many times, the Osaka Castle’s Main Tower with-stood the test of the time over the years. Stuck by lighting in 1662 and destroyed completely, the citizens of the Osaka funded and rebuild the main tower with Ferroconcrete. With the completion of the reconstruction of the castle in 1997, Osaka Castle gained its place as one of the 3 great castles