Japan · 16th century
Odani Castle (小谷城, Odani-jō) was a Sengoku period mountain-top Japanese castle located in the former town of Kohoku, now part of Nagahama city, in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. Only the ruins remain today. It was the home castle of the Azai clan and the mountain it was built upon was considered to be impregnable. The castle fell during Oda Nobunaga's siege in the Genki and Tenshō eras (Siege of Odani Castle), in 1573. Its ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 2005.
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Odani Castle ranks #1,218 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #56 of the 296 mapped in Japan. Founded c. 1520, it is older than 42% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 891 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 7,099 times in the last 60 days, more than 90% of the atlas. 5 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Hikone, 21 km away. It is one of the 69 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Kansai. See how Japan compares in the castle statistics.
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