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Shinoridate
🇯🇵 Japan
The site of Shinoridate (志苔館跡, Shinoridate ato) in Hakodate, Hokkaidō, Japan, is that once occupied by the Shinori Fort or Fortified Residence (as denoted by the tate or date ending). This was the easternmost of the so-called "Twelve Garrisons of Southern Hokkaido", built on the Oshima Peninsula by the Wajin from the fourteenth century. The site was designated a National Historic Site in 1934 and is one of the Japan Castle Foundation's Continued Top 100 Japanese Castles.
Text adapted from “Shinoridate” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Shinoridate ranks #5,258 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #252 of the 297 mapped in Japan. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,402 times in the last 60 days, more than 58% of the atlas. 3 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Japan compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Shinoridate?
Shinoridate stands in Japan, at 41.76572°, 140.82239°.
How famous is Shinoridate?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #5,258 of 8,134 worldwide, and #252 in Japan. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Shinoridate?
Goryōkaku, about 6 km away.
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