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Karasawa Castle

🇯🇵 Japan · 15th century

Karasawa Castle in Japan
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Karasawayama Castle (唐沢山城, Karasawayama-jō) was a Japanese castle originally built in the Heian period and used through the end of the Sengoku period. It was located in what is now part of the city of Sano, Tochigi Prefecture, in the northern Kantō region of Japan. The site has been protected as a National Historic Site, since 2014.

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Karasawa Castle ranks #2,941 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #147 of the 155 mapped in Japan. Founded 1500, it is older than 49% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 162 atlas entries founded in the 15th century. See how Japan compares in the castle statistics.

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