Japan · 17th century
Shingū Castle ranks #4,637 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #220 of the 295 mapped in Japan. Founded 1618, it is older than 29% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 710 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,956 times in the last 60 days, more than 69% of the atlas. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Wakayama, 94 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.
Shingū Castle (新宮城, Shingū-jō) is a Japanese castle located in the city of Shingū, southern Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Shingū Castle was home to a cadet branch of the Mizuno clan, hereditary karō of Kishū Domain. Its ruins, along with the clan cemetery for the Mizuno clan, were designated a National Historic Site in 2003. The castle is also called the Tankaku-jō (丹鶴城) or the Okimi-jō (沖見城).
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