Castle
Takasaki Castle
🇯🇵 Japan · 16th century
Takasaki Castle (高崎城, Takasaki-jō) is a Japanese castle located in Takasaki, southern Gunma Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Tatebayashi Castle was home to a branch of the Matsudaira clan, daimyō of Takasaki Domain, but the castle was ruled by a large number of different clans over its history. The castle was also known as "Wada-jō" (和田城).
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Takasaki Castle ranks #2,710 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #138 of the 155 mapped in Japan. Founded 1597, it is older than 37% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 307 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. See how Japan compares in the castle statistics.
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