Tsuyama Castle

Tsuyama Castle (Japanese: 津山城, Hepburn: Tsuyama-jō) is a Japanese castle located in the Sange neighborhood of the city of Tsuyama, Okayama Prefecture, in the San'in region of Japan. Tsuyama considered one of Japan's three major hirayama (平山城 hilltop) style castles along with Himeji Castle and Matsuyama Castle, which were all constructed around the same time. During the Edo period, Tsuyama castle served as the primary residence of the daimyō of the Tsuyama Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate. The castle was also called Kakuzan Castle (鶴山城, Kakuzan-jō). It has been protected by the central government as a National Historic Site since 1963.

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Tsuyama Castle ranks #1,392 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #72 of the 297 mapped in Japan. Founded 1441, it is older than 51% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 434 atlas entries founded in the 15th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 4,788 times in the last 60 days, more than 84% of the atlas. The nearest day-trip guide is Okayama, 46 km away. See how Japan compares in the castle statistics.

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