Castle
Karatsu Castle
🇯🇵 Japan · 17th century
Karatsu Castle (唐津城, Karatsu-jō) is a Japanese castle located in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, Japan. It is a hirayamajiro, a castle built on a plain rather than a hill or mountain. At the end of the Edo period, Karatsu castle was home to the Ogasawara clan, daimyō of Karatsu Domain. It was also known as "Dancing Crane Castle" (舞鶴城, Maizuru-jō).
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Karatsu Castle ranks #2,288 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #109 of the 155 mapped in Japan. Founded 1602, it is older than 35% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 259 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. See how Japan compares in the castle statistics.
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