Castle
Shinjō Castle
🇯🇵 Japan · 17th century
Shinjō Castle (新庄城, Shinjō-jō) is a Japanese castle located in Shinjō, northern Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. Throughout most of the Edo period, Shinjō Castle was home to the Tozawa clan, daimyō of Shinjō Domain. The castle was also known as "Numata-jō" (沼田城) or "Unuma-jō" (鵜沼城).
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Shinjō Castle ranks #4,008 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #217 of the 297 mapped in Japan. Founded 1622, it is older than 33% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 350 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. See how Japan compares in the castle statistics.
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