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Genbao Castle in Japan
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Genbao Castle (玄蕃尾城, Genbao-jō) was a Sengoku period yamashiro-style Japanese castle located in the border area of what is now part of the cities of Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture and Nagahama in Shiga Prefecture in the Hokuriku region of Honshu, Japan. The ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 1999.

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Genbao Castle ranks #3,555 of 3,811 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #212 of the 229 mapped in Japan. See how Japan compares in the castle statistics.

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