Marble Village Lockheart Castle
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| Location | Takayama, Gunma, Japan |
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| Coordinates | 36°37′51″N 138°59′17″E / 36.630833°N 138.988056°E |
| Opened | 6 April 1993 |
Marble Village Lockheart Castle (大理石村ロックハート城, Dairiseki-mura rokkuhāto-jō) is a theme park in the village of Takayama, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. It is based around a reproduction of a 19th-century Scottish castle.
Milton Lockhart House
[edit]| Lockheart Castle | |
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ロックハート城 | |
 The reconstructed residence | |
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| Former names | Milton Lockhart House |
| General information | |
| Location | Takayama, Gunma, Japan |
| Completed | 1829 1993 (reconstruction) |
| Demolished | 1987 |
| Owner | Masahiko Tsugawa |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | William Burn |
The Lockheart Castle, originally known as the Milton Lockhart House, was a residence built in 1829 in Carluke, Scotland by William Lockhart, a member of the British Parliament.[1] It was designed by William Burn.[2] The Lockhart family retained the residence until the Second World War.[1]
In 1987, the Milton Lockhart House was bought by Japanese actor Masahiko Tsugawa.[3] The mansion was subsequently deconstructed, and its original building materials were transported to Japan in 1988 via the Trans-Siberian Railway, with permission from Mikhail Gorbachev.[4] The residence was rebuilt in 1993 in the "Marble Village" theme park in Takayama. It was the first time a European mansion was relocated to Japan.[5]
In popular culture
[edit]The theme park served as a filming location for several movies, TV series, and music videos. For example, the Lockheart Castle appeared in the 2019 film Fly Me to the Saitama,[6] and in music videos for the songs "Aristocrat's Symphony" by Versailles and "Mayonaka ni Kawashita Yakusoku" by Malice Mizer.[7][8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Milton House". carlukehs.greenhousecms.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-06-22.
- ^ "Milton Lockhart House". canmore.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2018-05-20. Retrieved 2025-06-22.
- ^ "Masahiko Tsugawa buys Milton Lockhart House, 1987". scran.ac.uk. Retrieved 2025-06-22.
- ^ "The man who moved a Scottish mansion ...to Japan". The Scotsman. 2017-09-15. Retrieved 2025-06-22.
- ^ "ロックハート城（電気と保安 2020年9・10月号）" (PDF). kdh.or.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-06-22.
- ^ "GACKTが"埼玉ポーズ"キメた『翔んで埼玉』古城は群馬県にあった 津川雅彦さんらが移築・復元したロックハート城展示をリニューアル". SPICE (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-06-22.
- ^ "ハンガリー出身の私が日本でオススメしたい場所：群馬県吾妻郡高山村にある石のテーマパーク「ロックハート城」 | 外国人のアルバイト". crosstheborder.net (in Japanese). 2024-12-16. Retrieved 2025-06-22.
- ^ "ロケ撮影利用". 【公式】ロックハート城｜国内観光スポットランキング1位(旅行・レジャー総合サイトるるぶ.com) (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-06-22.
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