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Wakasa Oniga Castle

🇯🇵 Japan · 12th century

Wakasa Oniga Castle in Japan
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Wakasa Oniga Castle (若桜鬼ヶ城, Wakasa Oniga-jō) was a Sengoku period mountain-top Japanese castle located in what is now the town of Wakasa, Tottori Prefecture, in the San'in region of Japan. The ruins of the castle were designated a National Historic Site in 2008.

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Wakasa Oniga Castle ranks #3,574 of 3,811 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #220 of the 229 mapped in Japan. Founded 1200, it is older than 80% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 227 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. See how Japan compares in the castle statistics.

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