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Akagi Castle

🇯🇵 Japan · 16th century

Akagi Castle in Japan
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Akagi Castle (赤木城, Akagi-jō) was a Sengoku period hirayama-style Japanese castle located in the Kiwa neighborhood of the city of Kumano, Mie prefecture. Its ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 1989.

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Akagi Castle ranks #3,528 of 3,811 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #206 of the 229 mapped in Japan. Founded 1589, it is older than 37% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 370 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. See how Japan compares in the castle statistics.

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