Takashima Castle

Takashima Castle (高島城, Takashima-jō) is a Japanese castle located in Suwa, central Nagano Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Takashima Castle was home to the Suwa clan, daimyō of Takashima Domain. The castle is also known as The Floating Castle of Suwa (諏訪の浮城, Suwa-no-uki-shirō) or Shimazaki Castle (島崎城, Shimazaki-jō)

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Takashima Castle ranks #2,461 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #120 of the 155 mapped in Japan. Founded 1592, 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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