Bukeyashiki Samurai Street is in an area of the Fukue Goto town where the ruling class lived during the Edo Period. Today the area's main street high
Bukeyashiki Samurai Street is in an area of the Fukue Goto town where the ruling class lived during the Edo Period. Today the area's main street highlights the surviving stone walls and front gates to samurai residences that line the road. Behind the walls and gates hardly anything historical survives, having been supplanted with modern structures. There is a ruined castle that served as the seat of the area lord's power from which the entire Goto fief was ruled during the Edo Period. Today little of the castle remains except for a section of the old moat with most of the grounds occupied by a school. Parts of the old castle and the adjacent samurai district are the main attractions of Fukue Goto, apart from the pristine beaches, and UNESCO listed churches nearby. The samurai residences have a unique security feature. Small rocks without cement were placed on top of the walls. In case of intruders, the sound of falling rocks would alert the samurai lord's of danger.
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