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Yatsushiro Castle
🇯🇵 Japan · 17th century
Yatsushiro Castle (八代城, Yatsushiro-jō) is the remains of a castle structure in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.
In 1619, Mugishima Castle collapsed due to a large earthquake then Katō Kiyomasa's son Kato Tadahiro ordered his vassal Katō Masataka to build a new castle. In 1632, Hosokawa Tadaoki entered the castle by the Tokugawa shogunate's order and spent retired life in the kitanomaru compound of the castle.
The castle is now only ruins, just some remnants of water moats and stone walls. Yatsushiro Castle was registered as a National Historic Site in 2014 as
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Yatsushiro Castle ranks #3,447 of 3,811 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #196 of the 229 mapped in Japan. Founded 1622, it is older than 32% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 292 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. See how Japan compares in the castle statistics.
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