{"id":668076,"date":"2025-07-15T12:49:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T12:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/668076\/"},"modified":"2025-07-15T12:49:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T12:49:01","slug":"forest-hike-to-mountain-castle-ruins-nara-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/668076\/","title":{"rendered":"Forest Hike to Mountain Castle Ruins | Nara, Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title = \"Forest Hike to Mountain Castle Ruins | Nara, Japan\"   width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1EswA4jaNac\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nForest Hike to Mountain Castle Ruins | Nara, Japan<\/p>\n<p>Hiking through the forest at sunset to Takatori Castle ruins in Nara, Japan. <\/p>\n<p>Takatori Castle is one of the three largest mountain castles in Japan, originally fortifying an area roughly 3 kilometers across. The inner castle was also large for its time and mountaintop location, with an area of 10,000 square meters.<\/p>\n<p>Early July, 2025<\/p>\n<p>*Subscribe* for more forest hikes in Japan and beyond: https:\/\/bit.ly\/3IO4oxS<\/p>\n<p>*Playlists*<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dawn Walks\" width=\"770\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLvh9Rliu52xop6xDpoETQ3Yos-hYNfkU5\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Japan Less Traveled\" width=\"770\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLvh9Rliu52xq1HdvglrnJxz7vwdqBxHV5\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Japan Well Traveled\" width=\"770\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLvh9Rliu52xpfk_D6oRuo_m86OOVjSnjP\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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