Niitakayama Castle

Niitakayama Castle (新高山城, Niitakayama-jō) of Aki Province was a yamajiro-style Japanese castle located in what is today the Hongō neighborhood of the city of Mihara in Hiroshima Prefecture. Its ruins have been protected by the central government as a National Historic Site since 1957.

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Niitakayama Castle ranks #3,576 of 3,811 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #222 of the 229 mapped in Japan. Founded 1552, it is older than 42% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 370 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. See how Japan compares in the castle statistics.

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