Matsuyama Castle

Matsuyama Castle (松山城, Matsuyama-jō) is a "flatland-mountain"-style Japanese castle that was built in 1603 on Mount Katsuyama, in the city of Matsuyama in Ehime Prefecture, Japan. The castle is one of twelve Japanese castles to still have its original tenshu. The castle has been protected as a National Historic Site since 1952. It is also called Iyo-Matsuyama Castle to disambiguate it from Bitchū Matsuyama Castle in Okayama. Tsuyama Castle and Himeji Castle were also built in a similar style around the same time period.

Text adapted from “Matsuyama Castle (Iyo)” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Matsuyama Castle ranks #518 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #27 of the 297 mapped in Japan. Founded 1602, it is older than 32% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 580 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 11,522 times in the last 60 days, more than 94% of the atlas. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. It is one of the 15 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Shikoku. See how Japan compares in the castle statistics.

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