Japan · 16th century
Kameyama Castle (亀山城, Kameyama-jō) is a castle located in Kameoka, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It guarded the northwest passage into Kyoto for nearly three hundred years.
The castle was built by Oda Nobunaga's vassal Akechi Mitsuhide because he needed a front base to conquer Tanba region. He set out for Honnō-ji (Honnō-ji Incident) from the castle in 1582. After the Meiji period revolution, all the remaining structures of the castle were removed or destroyed. In 2019, Akechi Mistuhide's statue was built in the castle.
Ten'on-kyō (天恩郷), the administrative headquarters of the Oomoto religion, is located adjacent to the castle.
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Kameyama Castle (Kyoto) ranks #1,862 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #114 of the 295 mapped in Japan. Founded 1578, it is older than 34% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 886 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 5,468 times in the last 60 days, more than 88% of the atlas. 11 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Kyoto, 17 km away. It is one of the 69 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Kansai. See how Japan compares in the castle statistics.
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