Akashi Domain Maiko Battery

Akashi Domain Maiko Battery - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The was a Bakumatsu period coastal artillery battery erected by Akashi Domain on the Seto Inland Sea coast of what is now Tarumi-ku, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. The ruins were designated a National Historic Site in 2007. It is also called the after its location on Kaji Bay. Read more on Wikipedia

type: historic site
date from: 1863

Source: en.wikipedia.org