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Tochio Castle
🇯🇵 Japan
Tochio Castle (栃尾城, Iino-jō) was a castle structure in Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan. The site is located on a 227-meter mountain. Young Uesugi Kenshin spent five years in the castle.
The exact date of the castle's foundation is unknown but built in the Muromachi period. In 1543, Uesugi Kenshin left Kasugayama Castle and entered the castle as a joint commander by Nagao Harukage`s order.
In 1544, Kenshin made his first battle against local lords opposed to the Nagao clan in the castle and broke the siege.
In 1548, Kenshin returned to Kasugayama Castle as a feudal lord of the Nagao clan.
The castle is now only ruins, with some earthenwalls, well and moats. Its ruins have been protected as a Prefectural Historic Site.
Text adapted from “Tochio Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tochio Castle ranks #5,421 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #259 of the 297 mapped in Japan. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Japan compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Tochio Castle?
Tochio Castle stands in Japan, at 37.47225°, 138.98792°.
How famous is Tochio Castle?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #5,421 of 8,134 worldwide, and #259 in Japan. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Tochio Castle?
Nagaoka Castle, about 12 km away.
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