Japan · 19th century
Tatsuoka Castle ranks #3,162 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #163 of the 295 mapped in Japan. Founded 1867, it is older than 6% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 705 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 3,958 times in the last 60 days, more than 83% of the atlas. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Japan compares in the castle statistics.
Tatsuoka Castle (龍岡城, Tatsuoka-jō) was a Bakumatsu period pentagonal "star fort" located in what is now part of the city of Saku, Nagano prefecture. It was the primary fortress of Tatsuoka Domain, ruled by the Ogyū-Matsudaira clan. Along with the Goryōkaku in Hakodate, Hokkaidō, it is one of only two star fortresses in Japan, and the castle ruins have been designated as a National Historic Site since 1934.
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