Japan · 15th century
Yamashina Hongan-ji ranks #3,947 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #192 of the 295 mapped in Japan. Founded 1478, it is older than 44% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 556 atlas entries founded in the 15th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,770 times in the last 60 days, more than 66% of the atlas. 13 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Kyoto, 5 km away. It is one of the 69 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Kansai. See how Japan compares in the castle statistics.
Yamashina Midō (山科御堂), also known as Yamashina Hongan-ji (山科本願寺), was a fortified Buddhist temple located in what is now Yamashina-ku, Kyoto, Japan. Together with its fortified jōkamachi, it was a major center for the Ikkō-ikki, an organization of warrior monks and lay zealots who opposed samurai rule during the Sengoku period. Parts of its ruins were designated a National Historic Site in 2002.
Text adapted from “Yamashina Mido” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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