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Katsuyama-date
🇯🇵 Japan · 15th century
Katsuyama Date (勝山館, Katsuyama-Date) is the remains of a castle or fortified residence in Hiyama, Hokkaido, Japan. It is believed the castle was built by Takeda Nobuhiro in the 15th century.
The castle is now only ruins, just some remnants of moats and earthen walls. Its ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site, since 1977. Katsuyama Date was listed as one of the Continued 100 Fine Castles of Japan in 2017.
Guidance facility of the castle is on site.
Text adapted from “Katsuyama Date” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Katsuyama-date ranks #3,546 of 3,811 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #209 of the 229 mapped in Japan. Founded 1473, it is older than 51% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 196 atlas entries founded in the 15th century. See how Japan compares in the castle statistics.
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