Okayama Castle
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Okayama Castle (岡山城 Okayama-jō) is a castle in the city of Okayama in Okayama Prefecture in Japan.
It is popularly known as Crow Castle (鳥城 U-jō), so named because unlike every other castle in the country (except Matsumoto's, which shares the nickname) it has been painted a striking black, only a few protruding bits and the occasional lucky fish-gargoyle (金鯱 kinshachi) gilded.
It was destroyed in World War II and rebuilt in 1966.
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