Castle
Minato Castle
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Minato Castle (湊城, Minato-jō) was a Japanese castle in what is now Tsuchizaki Minato, Akita, Akita Prefecture, Japan. Throughout the Muromachi period, Minato Castle was home to the Ando clan, daimyō of Akita Domain, rulers of northern Dewa Province.
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Minato Castle ranks #4,157 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #224 of the 297 mapped in Japan. See how Japan compares in the castle statistics.
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