Castle
Numata Castle
🇯🇵 Japan · 16th century
Numata Castle (沼田城, Numata-jō) is a Japanese castle located in Numata, northern Gunma Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Numata Castle was home to the Toki clan, daimyō of Numata Domain, but the castle was ruled by various clans over its history, and is noted as the site of a major battle in the Sengoku period. The castle was also known as "Kurauchi-jō" (倉内城).
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Numata Castle ranks #2,889 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #143 of the 155 mapped in Japan. Founded 1532, it is older than 46% 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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