Ruin
Takatori Castle
🇯🇵 Japan · 14th century
- Country
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Type
- Ruin
- Fame
- Hidden gem
- Century
- 14th century
- Founded
- 1332
- Coordinates
- 34.42944°, 135.82683°
- Open data
- Wikidata Q5369622
Takatori Castle (高取城, Takatori jō) was a Sengoku to Edo period yamajiro-style Japanese castle located in what is now the town of Takatori, Nara Prefecture, in the Kinki region of Japan. Its ruins been protected by the central government as a National Historic Site since 1953. Takatori Castle was listed as one of Japan's Top 100 Castles by the Japan Castle Foundation in 2006.
Text adapted from “Takatori Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Takatori Castle ranks #2,241 of 2,435 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #94 of the 101 mapped in Japan. Founded 1332, it is older than 65% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 127 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. See how Japan compares in the castle statistics.
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