Castle
Minowa Castle
🇯🇵 Japan · 16th century
Minowa Castle (箕輪城, Minowa-jō) was a "hirayama"-style castle located in the Misato neighborhood of the city of Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. The ruins have been protected by the central government as a National Historic Site since 1987.
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Minowa Castle ranks #2,497 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #123 of the 155 mapped in Japan. Founded 1512, it is older than 48% 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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