Japan · 15th century
Murakami Castle (村上城, Murakami-jō) is a Japanese castle located in Murakami, northern Niigata Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Murakami Castle was home to a cadet branch of the Naitō clan, daimyō of Murakami Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate. The castle was also known as "Maizuru-jō" (舞鶴城). The ruin been protected as a National Historic Site since 1993. It is about 30 minutes on foot from Murakami Station on the JR East Uetsu Line.
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Murakami Castle ranks #3,214 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #165 of the 295 mapped in Japan. Founded 1500, it is older than 42% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 556 atlas entries founded in the 15th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,519 times in the last 60 days, more than 62% of the atlas. See how Japan compares in the castle statistics.
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