Castle
Obama Castle
🇯🇵 Japan · 17th century
Obama Castle (小浜城, Obama-jō) was a seaside-style castle located in what is now the city of Obama, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. During the Edo period, it was the headquarters of a junior branch of the Sakai clan, who were hereditary daimyō of Obama Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate. The castle was also known by the name of Unpin Castle (雲浜城, Unpin-jō).
Text adapted from “Obama Castle (Wakasa Province)” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Obama Castle ranks #2,579 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #131 of the 155 mapped in Japan. Founded 1641, it is older than 30% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 259 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. See how Japan compares in the castle statistics.
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