Japan's newest reconstructed castle, Ōzu-jō dates from the late Azuchi-Momoyama period, having been established sometime after 1585. From 1617, it came under the control of Kato Sadayasu and remained in the hands of the Kato clan until the Meiji Restoration. The original donjon was destroyed by fire in 1888, but two towers survived (one of which is pictured here on the right). While the surrounding castle town was firebombed in World War II, the remaining yagura were unaffected, and a replica of the former donjon was completed using original techniques in 2004.