Japan · 16th century
Torigoe Castle ranks #6,415 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #279 of the 295 mapped in Japan. Founded 1580, it is older than 33% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 887 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,103 times in the last 60 days, more than 53% of the atlas. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Japan compares in the castle statistics.
Torigoe Castle (鳥越城, Torigoe-jō) was a Sengoku period yamashiro-style Japanese castle located in the Torigoe area of what is now part of the city of Hakusan, Ishikawa Prefecture in the Hokuriku region of Honshu, Japan. Its ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 1985. The National Historic Site consists of the ruins of two castles, Torigoe Castle and Futoge Castle. The two castles were built on two mountaintops with the Dainichi River between them in 1573 as the final bastions for the Kaga Ikkō-Ikki movement.
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