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7　Bitchu Matsuyama Castle is about an hour’s drive from the prefectural capital of Okayama. Built near a summit at an elevation of 430 meters (about 1,400 feet), it is the highest among the mountain castles of Japan that have their original donjon. From autumn to winter, the surrounding basin is sometimes shrouded in morning mist, becoming a magnificent sea of clouds. This phenomenon only occurs for a few hours around sunrise on days when the weather is fair and the temperature has fallen sharply at dawn. But when it happens, a fantastic panorama comes into view as the rays of the rising sun strike the castle, which seems to float in the sea of clouds under the crisp, clear sky.Bitchu Matsuyama Castle: Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture

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