Japan · 16th century
Yokote Castle ranks #4,521 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #214 of the 295 mapped in Japan. Founded 1550, it is older than 36% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 887 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 2,165 times in the last 60 days, more than 71% of the atlas. See how Japan compares in the castle statistics.
Yokote Castle was built by the Onodera clan in 1550, in Akita prefecture.
While it was constructed in 1500s, it's believed there were fortifications on site before that. The castle was of a modest size, consisting mainly of two features: the main enclosure and the secondary, Ninomaru. It was burnt down in the Boshin War.
Text adapted from “Yokote Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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