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Hitoyoshi Castle
🇯🇵 Japan · 12th century
Hitoyoshi Castle (人吉城, Hitoyoshi-jō) was an Edo period flatlands-style Japanese castle located in the city of Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. Its ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 1961. It is No.93 on the list "100 Fine Castles of Japan". Since the Sagara clan was appointed jitō (land steward) n the Kamakura period, the clan inhabited this castle for 35 generations, for 670 years until the Meiji restoration of 1871.
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Hitoyoshi Castle ranks #3,003 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #159 of the 297 mapped in Japan. Founded 1199, it is older than 79% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 563 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 2,024 times in the last 60 days, more than 67% of the atlas. The nearest day-trip guide is Kumamoto, 66 km away. It is one of the 37 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Kyushu. See how Japan compares in the castle statistics.
View on the interactive castle map →Frequently asked questions
Where is Hitoyoshi Castle?
Hitoyoshi Castle stands in Japan, at 32.21108°, 130.76649°.
When was Hitoyoshi Castle built?
The atlas dates its founding to 1199. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is Hitoyoshi Castle?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #3,003 of 8,133 worldwide, and #159 in Japan. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Hitoyoshi Castle?
Yatsushiro Castle, about 36 km away.
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