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Karasuyama Castle

🇯🇵 Japan · 15th century

Karasuyama Castle in Japan
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Karasuyama Castle (烏山城, Karasuyama -jō) is a Japanese castle located in Nasukarasuyama, northern Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Karasuyama Castle was home to a branch of the Ōkubo clan, daimyō of Karasuyama Domain. It was also called the Cactus Castle (臥牛, Gagyu- jō)

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Karasuyama Castle ranks #4,362 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #249 of the 297 mapped in Japan. Founded 1418, it is older than 56% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 224 atlas entries founded in the 15th century. See how Japan compares in the castle statistics.

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