The page of ""Takatsuki Downtown"" in Osaka as "Your Destination in Japan" now has been uploaded:
http://www.geocities.jp/hande_japan/YourDestinations/Kansai/Sanneizaka_E.html



Takatsuki is located between Kyoto City and Osaka City.
Takatsuki used be a castle town from the Azuchi and Momoyama Age until the Edo Age.

If you walk from JR Takatsuki Station or Hankyu Takatsuki-shi Station to the south, you will see a couple of temples.
This area used to be named as "Tera Machi", meaning Temple Town.

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The main gate of Hongoji Temple is an original gate of Takatsuki Castle.
The ruins of Takatsuki Castle was completely destroyed after the Edo Age was finished.
Currently a part of the castle is opened for public as the "Shiroato" park.

One of the topics of the Takatsuki Castle is TAKAYAMA Ukon who was the lord of Takatsuki Castle at the Azuchi and Momoyama Age.
TAKAYAMA Ukon is well-known as a Christian land lord.

To the north of the ruins of Takatsuki Castle, a church is located.

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This church is nothing to do with the church that TAKAYAMA Ukon built in the 16th century.
But on the wall of the church, the painting of TAKAYAMA Ukon is displayed.
TAKAYAMA Ukon propagated Christianity when he was a lord in Takatsuki.
He seems still popular especially for Christians in Japan.



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英語版のサイトに高槻のページをアップデートしました:
http://www.geocities.jp/hande_japan/index.html

高槻は大坂と京都の間に位置する人口35万人ほどの街です。
江戸時代にはお城があり、今でも街中に城下町の雰囲気を感じるエリアがあります。
また、キリシタン大名で有名な高山右近が城主だったお城です。