Toba Castle

Toba Castle (鳥羽城, Toba-jō) was a Japanese castle (now in ruins) located in the city of Toba, Mie Prefecture, Japan. Throughout the Edo period, Toba Castle was the administrative center for Toba Domain, a feudal domain of Shima Province under the Tokugawa shogunate. Toba Castle was also known as the Floating Castle of Toba (鳥羽の浮城, Toba-no-uki-jō) or the Two-color Castle (二色城, Nishoku-jō) (from the fact that its seaward side was painted black, and landward side painted white). The castle site received protection as a Mie Prefectural Historic Site in 1965.

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Toba Castle ranks #4,055 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #204 of the 297 mapped in Japan. Founded 1594, it is older than 34% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 755 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,681 times in the last 60 days, more than 62% of the atlas. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Matsusaka, 31 km away. See how Japan compares in the castle statistics.

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