Japan · 8th century
Akita Castle (秋田城, Akita-jō) refers to the ruins of a Nara period fortified settlement located in what is now the city Akita, Akita Prefecture, Japan. It is also sometimes referred to as “Fort Akita”. The name is sometimes used wrongly for Kubota Castle, an Edo period Japanese castle which served as the headquarters or the Satake, daimyō of Kubota Domain that was a domain in the northern part of Dewa Province created by the Tokugawa shogunate.
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Akita Castle ranks #1,503 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #78 of the 296 mapped in Japan. Founded 733, it is older than 95% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 48 atlas entries founded in the 8th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 3,034 times in the last 60 days, more than 78% of the atlas. 3 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Japan compares in the castle statistics.
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