Experience the ancient castle gate using AR technology at the castle gate site.
Yashima Castle Comes Alive lets you experience Yashima Castle restored with AR (augmented reality) and VR (virtual reality). Yashima Castle is an ancient castle built around 1,350 years ago that is recorded in Nihon Shoki (The Chronicles of Japan), the oldest history book in Japan. The app introduces Yashima Castle and Yashima while touching on Yashima Castles history and attractions in and around Yashima. ■Experience the castle gateYou can superimpose the CG version of the restored castle gate over an image of the actual castle gate. You can see a CG version of the castle gate made from panorama photos and take a photo of yourself looking like an ancient warrior. *You must be in Yashima to use this content.■Learn about Yashima CastleA quiz and explanations allow you to learn facts about Yashima Castle. ■Route map The app uses GPS to confirm your current location and lets you check the route to your destination. You can tap points on the route to display information. *You must be in Yashima to use this content.■Yashima Attractions Pop-up explanations with photos introduce nine famous attractions of Yashima.■Pamphlet ARCastle-building experience linked with the pamphlet "Ancient Mountain Castle: Yashima Castle." *Production: City of TakamatsuPanorama VR was added to "Nishione".In the castle gate, you can take pictures easily.