Miharu Castle

Miharu Castle (三春城, Miharu-jō) is a hilltop-style Japanese castle located in the town of Miharu, Tamura District, Fukushima Prefecture, in the southern Tōhoku region of Japan. It is also called Maizuru Castle (舞鶴城). Built in 1543, the castle and its surrounding land are maintained by the government of Japan as a public park. Constructed during the Sengoku period, the castle was occupied by a succession of daimyō of Miharu Domain under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. Today, the site is a public park, renowned for its sakura.

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Miharu Castle ranks #4813 of 5793 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #275 of the 297 mapped in Japón. Fundado en 1504, más antiguo que el 49% de los monumentos datados del atlas — one of 495 atlas entries founded in the siglo XVI. Compara el dato en las estadísticas de castillos.

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