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In Showa 56（1981）, 101 trees Saito Dosan is honored here. This memorial is for those who lost their lives in the Great Nobi This temple was originally constructed In this river, which once flowed Kano Castle was located to the south of this stone monument, were planted along this 600m The mound was formerly kept at Earthquake in Meiji 24（1891）. There is a Buddhist memorial serv- in Juei 2（1183）. After Oda Hidenobu's from a natural spring near with the Arata River to the east, and the Naginaka Moat to the colonnade. It has received many of Sofuku-ji Temple, but the chief ice on the 28th of every month. surrender during the Battle of Sekiga- Station, you can see many plants west. honors, including "New Top 100 priest of Jozai-ji Temple moved it hara, he came to this temple to and fish. The cherry tree colon- Streetscapes in ." here because the become a monk. The temple houses nade leads you to a quiet city Yahachi Stone Statue【C - 4】 often overflowed, covering the a copy of Nobunaga's free market oasis. Naginata Moat【C - 6、C - 7】 burial mound. Jizo are placed in Seian-ji code of conduct and a temple bell he Temple, where execution gave to the temple in 7（1564）. The outermoat on the western side of Kano Castle is shaped like grounds once stood. The a long sword and was filled by a nearby natural spring. The Gifu Synthesis Office (formerly Gifu Prefectural Office) 【C - 3】 statue is located in the north- Kogane Shrine【C - 5】 Former Kano Town Hall【C - 6】 stonewall remains come from the estates of samurai who lived on ern area of Yanagase. The the moat's western side. Built in Taisho 13（1924）, this was The Nunoshi-hime-no-mikoto Designed by Takeda Goichi in Road incense here never burns the prefectural headquarters until out. goddess is enshrined here. She Taisho 15（1926）, this two-storied Showa 41（1966）. Stained glass is the wife of the Inishiki Irihiko- building was built with steel- Osushi Road (Owari Road, Gifu Road) representing the Alps, no-mikoto god at Inaba Shrine. framed, reinforced concrete, 【C - 7】 This Edo Period road ran for 26km, from Gifu Town to Yotsuya Nagara River Cormorant Fishing, unique at the time. It is represent- Kano Castle Ruins and the Yoro Waterfalls, and ative of the former Kano area. （Inazawa City, ）. Because sushi made from sweet- Shortly after the Battle of marble stones from Ogaki City fish caught during cormorant fishing was brought to Edo by this 【C - 4】 Sekigahara, Tokugawa Ieya- decorate the building. Kashimori Shrine road, it became known as "Sweetfish Sushi Road." The Owari su ordered to erect this cas- Domain had inn on this road in Ichinomiya, along a pine colon- The Ichihaya-no-mikoto god is tle on top of a medieval cas- nade. Mieji Kanon Temple【C - 3】 worshipped here. His parents are Mizuyakushi-ji Temple【C - 6】 Kano Tenmangu Shrine【C - 6】 tle's ruins and Okudaira the Inishiki-Irihiko-no-mikoto god The kanon were in Mizuho City's At the beginning of the Edo Peri- When Kano Castle was being Nobumasa was the first to and the Nunoshihime-no-mikoto Mie-ji Temple, but Saito Dosan od, the Golden Yakushi Buddha rebuilt after the Battle of Sekiga- live in the castle. The Hon- Former Site of Osushidokoro【D - 2】 goddess. On the mountain moved the kanon to the base of Mt. statue was found in the Shimizu hara, this shrine was moved to its maru's ruins are a National behind the shrine, there is said to During the Edo Period, the Owari Domain built a sweetfish sushi Inaba. The idol statue with its 11 River. Afterwards, the rulers of present site. The castle's past Historic Site. be a stone with the hoof prints of processing plant and brought the fish to Edo. Today, not even a faces is an Important Cultural Prop- Kano Castle built this temple. residents used it for prayer. Tenma, a mythical horse. trace remains of the houses that lined the streets. erty. On the first Sunday in March, The Lantern Festival is held on Even now, you can commune the Mie-ji Temple Festival is held to July 20th and 21st every year. with "Tenman-san." mark the coming of Spring. Misono Hackberry Tree【C - 4】 Kano Castle Ninomaru Ruins【C - 7】 Gujo Road This area is symbolic of the old These ruins are located Nohime's Grave【C - 3】 Kokoku-ji Temple【C - 6】 Kawate Castle Ruins Monument【C - 7】 Connecting Gifu with Gujo-, this road has been open free market, Rakuichi Rakuza between the Kano Castle since olden times and leads to Mt. Hakusan, which is one of 's wife is honored and is where Oda Nobunaga This temple was built near Kame- As the Muromachi Shogunate's Citadel, and the Arata River. Japan's three major sacred mountains. here. After the Honno-ji Temple posted a free market code of hime's residence and includes Chief Retainer, Toki guarded Only 100 meters of the Incident, in which she and conduct for the citizens. This her burial mound. She was Oku- Owari, Ise, and Mino from this stone wall remains today. A Kano-juku Nobunaga died, her vassals hackberry tree was originally daira Nobumasa's wife and Toku- castle. The cultural and social three-story watchtower from In the Edo Period, Kano-machi consisted of Kano Castle, samurai brought her remains here. located in the middle of Gifu gawa Ieyasu's first daughter. elite from came here to is in the north- residences, the official inn, and commercial and inn districts Road. visit. The stone monument is east corner. （Kano-juku）. Kano-juku was roughly 2.3km wide, from east to near Seibi High School. west, and was one of the largest towns along the Nakasendo. Yanagase Area【C - 4】 This is Gifu's central shopping Heartful Square G & Active G【C - 6】 Shobo-ji Temple Ruins【C - 7】 district. Developed in Meiji 21 Heartful Square G is Gifu City's As Mino's feudal lord, Toki Kano Castle Sannomaru Ruins【C - 7】 （1888）, it became Japan's Lifetime Learning Center inside Yoriyasu built Kawate Castle and foremost leisure and shopping Presently, Kano Elementary School, Kano Kindergarten, and the Nakasendo . TAKUMI Studio, this temple to the north. It is center. In Showa 41（1961）, Omoide Forest are located on this site. This watchtower once ORIBE Plaza, natural hot thought that the temple was One of the five roads of the Edo Shogunate, this paved road con- Yanagase was made famous stood on the northeast corner of the Omoide Forest. springs, restaurants, and FM located in Shohoji-cho, - nected Edo to Kusatsu near Kyoto. Godo-juku on the Nagara when Mikawa Kenichi's "Yana- radio stations are all located in cho and Yakushi-cho, whose River and Kano-juku flourished along the road. gase Blues" went on sale. Active G. Yakushido Temple was built in memory of the large temple.

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Gifu City Walking ぎふし Information List When you walk around Gifu, ぎふしまちあるき you walk with a story. The Owari Clan's Road to Gifu - Osushi Road The Story of "Little Hanako" Visiting Yasunari Kawabata's first love Artwork of flames reflecting off of the river まちあるき Walk the Osushi Road from Kano From Hanako's home in the Yana- Take a tour around the Kano area A world-renowned artist being moved JR Gifu Ozeki Kano-juku Castle to the Nagara River, just like Yanagase gase area to her monument and Station while thinking about Kawabata's Lanterns by the reflections of fire under the Transportation and Medical Offices Asahi Bunzaemon tomb at Jodo-ji Temple... first, unfulfilled love. moonlight and the story of "Akari" ssiRa Gf od ssiRa Gf od ssiRa Gf Road) (Gifu Road Osushi Road) (Gifu Road Osushi Road) (Gifu Road Osushi ● JR Gifu Station An account Hanako was the only In Taisho 9 In the sum- Hashimoto-cho 1, Gifu City, 058-262-4360 【C - 6】 of the Osushi Japanese model for the （1919）, at a Tokyo mer of 1569, ● Matsuo Basho & Kakami Shiko Road can be sculptor Auguste Rodin. cafe, a 20-year- the Portugu- Nagazumi-cho, Gifu City, 058-262-0867 【C - 5】 Hanako was born in the found in the old Yasunari Ka- ese Jesuit ● (Gifu Bus Information Center) Visit the places Matsuo Basho visited during first year of the Meiji Owari Domain Shimizu wabata first met Kawara- missionary Kanda-machi 9-1, Gifu City, 058-266-8822 【C - 5】 Gifu Park his visit to Gifu. Period, as Japan was Green machi Neigh- Asahi Bunza- Park the 16-year-old borhood Loius Frois ● Gifu Municipal Hospital modernizing, and lived Misono Kashima-cho 7-1, Gifu City, 058-251-1101 【A - 5 west】 In June 1688, he came to Gifu through the efforts of the Hackberry emon's pri- Mitono- through the tumult of the Hatsuyo Ito, who visited the local haiku poets. Tree（Kashimori vate journal. machi was the adopted castle town in ● Holiday Emergency Clinic Shrine） Meiji, Taisho and Showa "I will remain here / until the White Goosefoot grass / Gifu Town Official Inn in Komeya-cho Kawabata (left) with his first love, Ito (middle), and a friend Isamu Noguchi's "Akari" Series Aoyagi-cho 5-3, Gifu City, 058-253-7711 【B - 3】 He came to Periods. She was a daughter of the Gifu and com- Site of Mat- grows tall like a cane" suhashi Res- Gifu on August 23, Kyoho 2（1717）, by the geisha and married cafe owner's sister in Gifu City's Saiho-ji Temple. mented that Gifu was "as bustling as Babylon." ● Holiday Emergency Dental Clinic idence At Myosho-ji Temple, after seeing the White Goosefoot, Hanako in costume (from the Rodin Museum) Aoyagi-cho 5-2-4, Gifu City, 058-252-2122 【B - 3】 Basho said that he would like to stay for a long time. In Osushi Road. He set out from his house in twice. She went to the The following year, he came to Gifu to visit her About 400 years later, in the summer of 1951, Gifu, he was greeted by local poets and created many Nagoya and crossed through Kiyosu, Ichi- World's Fair in Copen- Kano and they exchanged vows of marriage. Later, Cormorant the world renowned sculptor, Isamu Noguchi, hagen, Denmark, and Tenmangu Fishing haiku. He was invited by Kisaburo Matsuhashi, a village nomiya, Kuroda and Kasamatsu, then Kano Shrine though, she would change her mind, leaving Viewing remarked on the unimaginable beauty of cor- Sightseeing and City Development chief, to come to Matsugae-cho, where he wrote a haiku Castle and the hackberry tree of Misono along traveled around Europe Kawabata's first love fruitless. morant fishing in the moonlight. about a centuries old water well. Tokugen Saito, a famous by herself. At 34, she Myosho-ji Osushi Road, before coming upon Gifu. After Nakasendo Using Gifu as a stage, Kawabata began writ- Charlie Chaplin was also moved by the ● Gifu City Tourist Information Bureau Temple poet before Basho's time and a former warrior, was born in was billed as a geisha visiting the Magistrate's Office, he climbed up ing. In Kagaribi, while walking around the Nagara River's cormorant fishing. Noguchi was Hashimoto 1-10, Gifu City, 058-262-4415 【C - 6】 Gifu and had a residence near Shinko-ji Temple. Gifu Town Nishizono- who went to the West Magistrate's Mt. Kinka to dine on fish and sake. That night, lantern and Japanese umbrella district, he visit- absorbed by the light from bonfires raising and ● Gifu Convention and Visitors Bureau "From this very spot / all those things that meet the eye / Office Ruins cho and returned to Japan Kanda-machi 2-2, Gifu City, 058-263-7291 【C - 4】 are quite refreshing" he watched cormorant fishing and ate the sweet- as a cosmopolitan. ed Saiho-ji Temple near Tenmangu Shrine in the falling with the river. It was at that time that he When he visited Kashima Zenemon, an oil merchant fish that were caught. The next day, me moved ―"Little Hanako" was a Kano area. There, he meets "Michiko"（modelled thought of creating Akari light sculptures. Later, ● Gifu Lively City Public Corporation Shinko-ji with a house along the Nagara River, he climbed up to the Saiho-ji Nagara Kanda-machi 1-11, Gifu City, 058-266-1377 【C - 4】 Temple on to Nagara Village. dancer of slight stature, Temple after Ito）and they go together to watch cormorant Bridge he redesigned the Gifu Lanterns to reflect this tower and envisioned the eight views of Xiao Xiang and Bunzaemon but she had great fishing on the Nagara River. idea and, with the established Ozeki Co,Ltd, he ● Gifu Nagaragawa Onsen and Ryokan Cooperative the ten views of West Lake in China. That is how he Nagara Fukumitsu 2610-4, Gifu City, 058-297-2122 【D - 1】 coined the name "Juhachiro"（"tower of 18 views"）. had a big ape- resolve, too. She had Hanako dancing with a folding fan Nakasendo During the Taisho Period, Gifu developed its created the "Exciting to see / but soon after, comes pity / the cor- tite and he determined eyes, a delicate mouth, and was textile and other industries. At the time, Kano "Akari" lantern ● Mt. Kinka Cable Car referred to as "grandmother." It is also said that Senjojikishita 257, Gifu City, 058-262-6784 【D - 2】 Site of morant boats" recorded over Town was still separate, but it merged with Gifu series. Kashima While watching cormorant fishing from the left bank, her voice was pleasing to the ears. ― ● Gifu City Cormorant Fishing Viewing Boat Office Residence 300 types of City in 1940. In Noguchi's Basho stated, "Through my limited wisdom, I cannot write Udatsu In February, Showa 2（1927）, Kotaro Takamu- Minato-machi 1-2, Gifu City, 058-262-0104 【D - 2】 Mt. Kinka food, includ- Housing・ There is a 1954 essay, he a single word." One month later, in mid-Autumn, he left to Temple ra made the above remarks after seeing the two Former ● Gifu Area Sightseeing Taxi Cooperative ing pheasant Bell story written Nagara River said that cor- travel the Shinshu area. Kano Town Promenade 058-240-7533 masks Rodin gave Hanako. These masks of Hall ©Takahito Shinomiya It is said that Kakami Shiko, one of Basho's best disci- and duck, in about walking morant fishing Fermented Sweetfish Sushi Hanako were in Nishizono-cho, where she spent New summer tradition: the lantern walk ● Gifu City Senior Citizens' Center (Silver Sightseeing Guide) Meisui ples, was from Gifu. It is his journal. between Gifu on the Nagara Pocket her years in retire- Tsuruta-machi 3-7-4, Gifu City, 058-240-1245 said that Shiko made Park Also, he included many of his private thoughts, ment. In Rodin's epi- Station and River was an "essential summer sightseeing Basho's frog haiku（"Into an ● Gifu machizukuri Center so it was kept secret at the time. Presently, his logue, he wrote of the Eastern spot, while at the same time being at earnest Kanda-machi 5-4, Gifu City, 058-263-7180 【C - 4】 old pond / jumps a solitary path can be traced through the Kano Castle the impression that Land Bridge way of fishing." Frois, Chaplin, and Noguchi frog. / The sound of water."） Southern view of the remains of the Eastern Land Bridge ● Rent-a-Cycle Reception Desk famous and stayed by Ruins, the Misono Hackberry Tree, Gifu Town "Little Hanako" left in hopes of were all greatly moved by the scenes of Gifu. JR Gifu Station, South Entrance Parking Area, 090-5875-3196【C - 6】 Gokoku Basho's side when he was Cormorant Magistrate's Office Ruins, on the hiking trails of Jodo-ji with him. Would you Kano meeting one's first love. Gifu Castle Wouldn't you like to feel it, too? Gifu City Hall, South Branch, 058-266-1377 【D - 1】 Panoramic Night Gifu City Museum of History, 058-265-0100 【D - 2】 Jinja-mae on his deathbed. Today, Fishing Temple like to walk around Castle Viewing Formal Haiku Session at Myosho-ji Temple Mt. Kinka, and at cormorant fishing. A replica of a mask brought back to Gifu groups continue to gather with Hanako's mem- to create haiku using Basho's style. ories?

Gifu City Walking Tour ぎふしまちあるき Sightseeing Guide E Basho and Gifu

Kawara-machi Neighborhood【D - 2】 Gifu Town Magistrate's Office Ruins【D - 3】 Chajo Road Marker and Kagamiiwa Monument【D - 7】 Gifu Castle【E - 2】 Shinmei Shrine and Basho Haiku Monument【D - 1】 This area is known for its tasteful After gaining control of Gifu Kagamiiwa Hamanosuke’s child, Gifu Castle is said to have been built "Once more to savor / the Nagara River's latticed window neighborhood. Town, the Owari Domain built the after reflecting on his wrongdo- during the Kamakura Period by the own / ayu namasu（pickled sweetfish）" is During the Edo Period, this area Magistrate's Office in Genroku 6 ings, built a chajo（tea house）and Nikaido family. Originally called carved in stone here. It is a haiku Basho flourished as a port town and, (1695) to control transportation a butare-bo, where travelers hit Inabayama Castle, Oda Nobunaga wrote when he saw cormorant fishing in presently, its popularity is on the Nagara River. him with a rod for atonement. changed its name and used it to begin Jokyo 55（1688）. You can see many of his …Denotes explanation boards. increasing due to the old sweet Presently, it is at Myosen-ji Tem- his unification of Japan. The current haikus around Nagara Bridge, including in shops, old houses, restaurants, ple. castle was rebuilt in Showa 31（1956）. Gifu Park and near Hotel Juhachiro. D and sightseeing spots. Open Hours: 8:30-17:30 Open year-round（Oct. 17-Mar. 15: 9:30-16:30; Mar. 16- May 11: 9:30-17-30）. There are extended hours for panoramic night viewing. Myosho-ji Temple【D - 3】 【D - 1】 【D - 2】 【D - 3】 Entrance Fee: Adults 200yen, Children 100yen TEL 058-263-4853 Sofuku-ji Temple Three-Storied Pagoda Gifu Town Official Inn Ruins Matsuo Basho, in June of Jokyo 5（1688）, stayed at Myosho-ji This temple is famed for both the number of monks Located on the moutainside on the The Kashima house was used as an inn by the Tokugawa Shogu- Oda Nobunaga Palace Ruins【E - 2】 it produces and for the main hall's "Blood Ceiling," eastern edge of Gifu Park, this pago- nate's Owari Branch. The original building was destroyed by the Rodin and Hanako Temple, which was built in 1662. which was stained with the blood of Oda Hide- da was built in Taisho 6（1917）in Great Nobi Earthquake and the current building was privately built The remains of the Oda Nobunaga's He left behind many works, nobu's vassals when they committed seppuku（ritu- remembrance of Emperor Taisho's in the Taisho Era. Jodo-ji Temple, Hanako Burial Mound and Monument【D - 4】 residence are in Gifu Park. The earthen including one here that reads, "I mounds and the boulders used to build will remain here / until the White al suicide）during the . coronation. Hanako was the only Japanese per- the roads are being excavated and par- Goosefoot grass / grows tall like Open Hours: 9:00-17:00（Mar.-Oct.） Jozai-ji Temple【D - 3】 son to model for a Rodin sculpture tially restored. a cane." 9:00-16:30（Nov.-Feb.） Built by Saito Myochin, this temple was and she spent her twilight years in Entrance Fee: Adults 150yen, Children 100yen TEL 058-231-2613 used by Saito Dosan to begin his domi- Nishizono-cho to the east of Yana- Wooden Basho Statue【C - 4】 nation of Mino. Memorials for three gase. Her burial mound is in the Water Archives Museum（Kagamiiwa Spring）【E - 2】 【D - 2】 【D - 2】 Gifu City Museum of History Nawa Insect Museum generations of his family were held here. corner of Jodo-ji Temple. The statue was built in 1776, 82 The engine room and the pump room years after Basho's death. This The museum displays Gifu City's This museum was built in Taisho 9（1920）by Open Hours: 9:00-17:00（Apr.-Oct.） were built in Showa 5（1930）for Gifu's 57cm tall Japanese cedar statue is history and culture. There are many the man who discovered the Gifu Butterfly, 10:00-16:00（Nov.-Mar.） water supply. In Heisei 14（2002）, the currently kept at Jion-ji Temple. It hands-on exhibits and a recreation Nawa Yashushi. Inside, there are over 18,000 Entrance Fee: Adults 150yen, Children 100yen engine room became the Water Mitono-machi Neighborhood【C - 4】 is said the most beautiful statue of of a town. insect species and 300,000 specimens. TEL 058-263-6632 Archives Museum. It is also a Tangible Basho after the one in his home- Open Hours: 9:00-17:00 Open Hours: 10:00-17:00 Mitono-machi became a bustling Cultural Property. Zuiryo-ji Temple【D - 4】 town, Igaueno City. （Must enter by 16:30）Closed Mondays （Summer Hours: 9:00-18:00）Open year-round. town in Meiji 44（1911）when it was Inquiries: TEL 058-263-1177 Entrance Fee: Adults 300yen, Children 150yen Entrance Fee: Adults 500yen, Children 400yen Zuiryo-ji Temple is repre- tied to Gifu City by train. In the early （Special Exhibit Fee is separate）TEL 058-265-0010 TEL 058-263-0038 sentative of the prosperity Showa Period, the 138cm Hanako of the Mino and Owari ordered custom tabi（socks）and geta 【D - 2】 【D - 3】 Kato Eizo-Toichi Memorial Art Musuem Inaba Shrine areas. It has meditation （wooden sandals）in this area. It is Nagara River also the birthplace of the artists Kato Nagara River Hot Springs The works of the brothers Eizo The Inishiki Irihiko-no-mikoto god areas and at the sides of Eizo and Kato Toichi. and Toichi Kato, famous Gifu is enshrined in this temple. the gates are the corner- Nagara River These springs are said to have a positive effect on rheumatism and other chronic artists, are on display here. Though originally located on the stones of the old Atsumi-ji diseases. You can enter these springs at lodgings along the Nagara River. Temple. Notable graves The river flows from Gujo City's Mt. Dainichi to Ise Bay and was Open Hours: 9:00-17:00 northern side of Mt. Kinka, it was Inquiries: Gifu Nagaragawa Onsen and Ryokan Cooperative TEL 058-266-0015 Gifu Geigi Guild【C - 4】 named one of Japan's "100 Best Waterways." Like Mt. Kinka, it is （Must enter by 16:30） moved to its present location by include those of Toki a symbol of Gifu City. Cormorant Fishing Village【E - 1】 Closed Mondays Saito Dosan. Shigeyori, Saito Myochin, The Geigi（geisha）practice the shamisen, dancing, and singing Entrance Fee: Adults 300yen, Children 150yen and Gokei Kokushi. here. The office is in Hana-machi, near where Hanako spent her Nagara River Cormorant Fishing Even today, cormorant fishermen live on the right bank of the Nagara River, where Cormorant TEL 058-264-6410 later years. Presently, there are 27 Geigi. Fishing occurs. Here you can meet the fishermen and the cormorants and hear their stories. Ukai is a 1300-year-old fishing Gifu Park【D - 2】 Gifu Great Buddha（Shobo-ji Temple）【D - 3】 Bairin Park【D - 4】 tradition in which fishermen use Cormorant Memorial Mound【E - 1】 【C - 4】 cormorants to catch ayu（sweet- The ruins of Saito Dosan's and The Great Buddha is located Bairin（"Plum Grove"）Park con- Meitoku Elementary School, Large Chinese Wingnut Tree Each year, at the end of the Cormorant Fishing season, cormorant fish）. Matsuo Basho and Charlie Oda Nobunaga's residence are within Shobo-ji Temple. Made tains over fifty types of plum trees Hanako's grandchild went to this school. An acknowledgement of fishermen hold a memorial service for the cormorants that have died. Chaplin have both enjoyed this here. Also in the park are the Gifu during the Edo Period, it is the which bloom in early Spring. The Hanako in Showa 2（1927）from Takamura Kotaro, a famous famous Gifu City attraction. The Mt. Kinka（Mt. Inaba） City Museum of History, the Kato only dry-lacquered Buddha in dengaku（ tofu with sweet miso artist, is on display at the school to tell children about Hanako's fisherman are formally called Eizo-Toichi Memorial Art Museum, Japan. paste）here is one of Gifu's spe- life. Also, near the grounds is a Chinese Wingnut Tree over 200 Mt. Kinka was protected as a hunting ground for the Owari "Cormorant Fishermen of the the Japan-China Friendship Gar- cialty foods. years old that is watched over by the schoolchildren. Daimyo during the Edo Period and is now protected as a national Open Hours: 9:00-17:00, open year-round. Imperial Household Agency." den, the Mt. Kinka cable car and Entrance Fee: Adults 150yen, Children 100yen forest. There are many types of plants and animals, as well as hiking trail entrances. TEL 058-264-2760 Reservations/Inquiries: Gifu City Cormorant Fishing Viewing Boat Office TEL 058-262-0104 hiking trails, on the mountain. Gifu Castle is at the top.