Chōshū Domain Shimonoseki Maeda Battery
長州藩下関前田台場跡
Explore a preserved Edo-period coastal battery, a National Historic Site with significant historical remains.
What it is
- A battery site from the end of the Edo period.
- Built by the Choshu Domain.
- Designated a National Historic Site on August 5, 2010.
- A site of the Shimonoseki War from 1863 to 1864.
What to see
- Remains of the low battery, destroyed by French retaliation.
- Remains of the high battery, built in a hurry in 1864.
- Low battery had flat surfaces for cannon placement.
- Low battery was approximately 80 meters wide and 30 meters deep.
- High battery was approximately 50 meters wide and 30 meters deep.
Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.
Where it is
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