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 #2,904 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #155 of the 295 mapped in Japan. Founded 1199, it is older than 77% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 763 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 2,024 times in the last 60 days, more than 70% 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.
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