** Minami Takayama, Japanese voice actress and singer ( Two-Mix & DoCo )

** Dom Justo Takayama, Japanese daimyo ( d. 1615 )

** Takayama

** Takayama Main Line: Nagisa, Kuguno, Hida-Ichinomiya, Takayama, Hozue, Hida-Kokufu

** Takayama Main Line: Mino-Ōta Station, Kobi Station

** Takayama Main Line: Naka, Sohara, Kagamigahara, Unuma

** Takayama Main Line-Sakahogi Station

** Takayama Main Line-Nakakawabe, Shimoasō

** Takayama Main Line-Kamiasō Station

** Takayama Main Line-Shirakawaguchi, Shimoyui

** Takayama

** Takayama

** Takayama

** Takayama

** Takayama Middle School

** Takayama Elementary School

** Takayama Station, a railway station

** Takayama: Channel 17

** JR Takayama Line ( Limited Express only, for Gero and Takayama )

** Artist: Naritaka Takayama

** Artist: Naritaka Takayama

** Christchurch Castle, a 12th century ruin in the town

** Matilda in The Castle of Otranto – She is determined to give up Theodore, the love of her life, for her cousin ’ s sake.

** Hippolita in The Castle of Otranto-Hippolita is depicted as the obedient wife of her tyrant husband who “ would not only acquiesce with patience to divorce, but would obey, if it was his pleasure, in endeavouring to persuade Isabelle to give him her hand ”.

** Theodore in The Castle of Otranto – he is witty, and successfully challenges the tyrant, saves the virginal maid without expectations

** Manfred in The Castle of Otranto – unjustly accuses Theodore of murdering Conrad.

** Bianca in The Castle of Otranto – a gossip, helps characters get valuable news, provides comic relief

** Diego and Jaquez in The Castle of Otranto – they appear to talk about random things, and argue foolishly with each other in order to lighten the air of the novel.

** Father Jerome in The Castle of Otranto – Jerome, though not evil, is certainly weak as he gives up his son when he is born and leaves his lover.

** Mines of Titan ( 1988, Louis Castle & Brett Sperry )

** ZorkQuest: Assault on Egreth Castle ( 1988, Elizabeth Langosy )

** Zork Quest: Assault on Egreth Castle ( 1988, Infocom, interactive computer comic book )

** The United States Post Office Department ( later renamed the United States Postal Service ) begins the 3rd regular airmail service in the world ( between New York City, Philadelphia and Washington, DC ), the 1st being from Allahabad to Naini Junction in India on the 18th February 1911 and the 2nd being from London to Windsor Castle on the 22nd June 1911.

** A fire breaks out in the Bannerman's Castle in the Hudson River ; most of the roof collapses and crashes down to the lower levels.

** Jayne Ann Krentz, née Castle ( Amanda Quick ), American novelist

** Elizabeth II describes this year as an annus horribilis ( horrible year ), due to various scandals damaging the image of the Royal Family, as well as the Windsor Castle fire.

** International Women's Year is launched in Britain by Princess Alexandra and Barbara Castle.

** Takeshi's Castle first aired on TBS.

** After 44 years, Estonian flag is raised to the Pikk Hermann Castle tower.

** Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg is made deputy constable and lieutenant governor of Windsor Castle.

** Mary Bankes, a Royalist in the English Civil War, who defended Corfe Castle ( d. 1661 )

** U. S. officials announce that a hydrogen bomb test ( Castle Bravo ) has been conducted on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.

** Castle Acre Priory, and

** Nijō Castle, a castle in Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto

** John Beaumont, 4th Baron Beaumont, Constable of Dover Castle ( d. 1396 )

** Bodiam Castle ( East Sussex, England )