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Shinpu Castle
🇯🇵 Japan · 16th century
Shinpu Castle (新府城, Shinpu-jō) was a Sengoku period hirayama-style Japanese castle located in what is now part of the city of Nirasaki, Yamanashi prefecture. It was the primary fortress of the warlord Takeda Katsuyori. The ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 1973.
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Shinpu Castle ranks #3,101 of 3,811 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #158 of the 229 mapped in Japan. Founded 1581, it is older than 39% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 370 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. See how Japan compares in the castle statistics.
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