Description

The Yamakawa Shuppansha’s “Yamakawa Mook: Japanese Castles” is now an iPhone app. The app is a guide to 127 famous castles from the Warring States (i.e. Sengoku) Period onwards, including all castles considered National Treasures and National Important Cultural Assets of Japan. It includes 865 images of castles, including aerial, current, and historic photographs. The app also contains insightful descriptions and accurate maps.

The app is an enhancement that expands the enjoyment gained from trips to castles by even Warring States or the last years of the Edo period enthusiasts. The app includes a robust search feature, allowing searches from a map to those based on the castle holders. It allows you to ‘stamp’ trips to castles, and create a personal history of those visited. The app also contains other features not possible in the book, such as the connectivity of the castle map feature with Google Map.

[Included Information]
● Castle Images (total 865)
● Castle Descriptions
● Points of Interest
● Construction Date
● Director of the castle construction
● Location
● Access to Castles
● Map Information
● Historical Information

[Key Features]
1) The ultimate ‘castle’ app, containing 865 images!
=> Including an abundance of images to satisfy any castle enthusiast: from the last years of the Edo period and pre-WW2 historic photographs and detailed diagrams, to aerial photographs.

2) The contents of the book “Yamakawa Mook: Castles of Japan” are included in their entirety!
=> Including detail descriptions of every castle, and showcases of the ‘points of interest’ for each one.

3) See maps of castle surroundings with connectivity with Google Map!
=> You can also discover castles in your immediate area through the map feature.

4) Create a history of visits by date!
=> Distinguish the castles visited from those you have yet to see. Enjoy ‘stamping’ your castle visits.

5) A litany of searches are available!
=> You can browse all 127 castles through four kinds of menus: by prefecture, by Japanese alphabet, by year constructed, and by director of the castle construction .

*This app was developed based on “Yamakawa Mook: Castles of Japan” (authored by Hitoshi Nakai, published by Yamakawa Shuppansha Ltd.). However, the app may contain some differences .

*Only Japanese version is available.

What's New in Version 1.0.3

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