Castle
Kitsuki Castle
🇯🇵 Japan · 14th century
Kitsuki Castle (杵築城, Kitsuki-jō) is an Edo period yamajiro-style Japanese castle located in the city of Kitsuki, Ōita Prefecture, Japan. Its ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 2020. The current castle, a replica tenshu built in 1970, is considered to be the smallest castle in Japan.
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Kitsuki Castle ranks #3,348 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #167 of the 297 mapped in Japan. Founded 1394, it is older than 59% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 312 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. See how Japan compares in the castle statistics.
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