IN ASSASSIN’S CREED SHADOWS YOU WILL BE ABLE TO VISIT THESE HISTORICAL JAPANESE PLACES
We already know that Assassin’s Creed Shadows will allow us to explore the Japan of the Sengoku Period , but which monuments will be present and visitable ? We can expect a lot of places of interest, but here are some that have already been confirmed.
The Artistic Director Thirry Danserau and the Historian Stéphanie-Anne Ruatta gave us the names of some of the points of interest that it will be possible to explore in the Feudal Japan of Assassin’s Creed Shadows, who gave an interview to the microphones of the Japanese magazine Famitsu . In light of what they have reported, we can therefore confidently expect Azuchi Castle , Osaka Castle , Okunoin Cemetery , Himeji Castle and Takeda Castle .
The Access the Animus page, to which we owe the report and the translation from Japanese, has also shared a handy map to give us an idea of the location of these places. As you can see at the bottom of this news, they are located in central Japan , which as has already been confirmed by Ubisoft represents the explorable map of Assassin’s Creed Shadows and has a size comparable to Egypt in Assassin’s Creed Origins.
Do you know those places? Japanese history buffs among you probably already know what it’s about, everyone else can read this brief review. Azuchi Castle was built between 1576 and 1579 at the behest of Oda Nobunaga on a hill overlooking the shores of Lake Biwa in the ancient province of Omi (today in Shiga prefecture), a location of high strategic value -military.
Osaka Castle, visible in the photo below, is a Japanese manor located in the city district of Chūō-ku. It is one of the most famous buildings in Japanese history and played a major role in the 16th century unification of Japan. It was built between 1583 and 1598 (therefore after the death of Oda Nobunaga) and had Toyotomi Hideyoshi as its first owner.
The Okunoin Cemetery is located on Mount Koya, in modern Wakayama Prefecture, and is one of the most sacred and mystical places in the Rising Sun. It opened its doors in 835 and, with its two kilometers in length, it is today the largest cemetery in Japan with over two hundred thousand tombs and commemorative monuments.
Himeji Castle is a military building located in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, and is one of the oldest structures from the Sengoku Period to have come down to us. Since 1993 it has been on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites and, due to its bright white colour , it is also known as Hakurojō , or Shirasagijō , i.e. white heron. Finally, Takeda Castle is located in the Wadayama district of Asado, in the north of Hyogo prefecture. Unfortunately it was destroyed during the Sengoku Period and today only the foundations and stone walls remain . For this reason, its ruins have been protected as a national historic site since 1943. It sits 353 meters above sea level and is often referred to locally as the “Machu Picchu” of Japan.
Here are some of the landmarks featured in #AssassinsCreed Shadows, according to Art Director Thierry Danserau and Historian Stéphanie-Anne Ruatta!
🔴 Azuchi Castle
🔴 Osaka Castle
🔴 Koyasan Okunoin Cemetery (most ancient graveyard in Japan)
🔴 Himeji Castle
🔴 Takeda Castle… pic.twitter.com/pJ3als7L57— Access The Animus (@AccessTheAnimus) May 24, 2024
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