Castle
Amagasaki Castle
🇯🇵 Japan · 17th century
Amagasaki Castle (尼崎城; Amagasaki-jō) was a flatland type Japanese castle located in the city of Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. The castle was the headquarters of Amagasaki Domain, which ruled this portion of northern Settsu Province under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo Period Japan. The castle was destroyed in the early Meiji period, but a portion was reconstructed in 2018.
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Amagasaki Castle ranks #2,539 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #126 of the 155 mapped in Japan. Founded 1617, it is older than 33% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 259 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. See how Japan compares in the castle statistics.
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