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Kurume Castle
🇯🇵 Japan · 16th century
Kurume Castle (久留米城, Kurume-jō) was a castle structure in Kurume, Japan. Kurume Castle was built by the ninth son of Mōri Motonari, Kobayakawa Hidekane in 1587.
Kurume castle is now only ruins, with some stone walls and water moat. The castle was listed as one of the Continued Top 100 Japanese Castles in 2017.
Text adapted from “Kurume Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kurume Castle ranks #3,078 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #154 of the 155 mapped in Japan. Founded 1600, it is older than 35% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 307 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. See how Japan compares in the castle statistics.
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