Japan · 17th century
Imabari Castle (今治城, Imabari-jō) is a Japanese castle in Imabari, Ehime, Japan. It was the center of Imabari Domain during the Edo Period Tokugawa shogunate and was ruled by a branch of the Hisamatsu-Matsudaira clan for most of its history.
This castle is well known as one of the three Mizujiro, or "Castles on the sea", in Japan, along with Takamatsu Castle in Kagawa Prefecture and Nakatsu Castle in Ōita Prefecture.
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Imabari Castle ranks #933 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #45 of the 296 mapped in Japan. Founded 1602, it is older than 31% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 721 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 6,164 times in the last 60 days, more than 89% of the atlas. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. It is one of the 15 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Shikoku. See how Japan compares in the castle statistics.
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