Gassantoda Castle

Gassantoda Castle (月山富田城, Gassantoda-jō) was a Sengoku period yamajiro-style Japanese castle located in Izumo Province, in what is now part of the city of Yasugi, Shimane Prefecture in the San'in region of far western Japan. Its ruins have been protected by the central government as a National Historic Site since 1934. Gassantoda Castle was built using the whole of Gassan's ridges and valleys, and is regarded as one of the five largest and most important medieval mountain castles along with Kasugayama Castle (Niigata), Nanao Castle (Ishikawa), Odani Castle and Kannonji Castle (Shiga).

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Gassantoda Castle ranks #1,413 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #77 of the 297 mapped in Japan. Founded 1396, it is older than 54% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 582 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 9,456 times in the last 60 days, more than 92% of the atlas. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Japan compares in the castle statistics.

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