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Nihonmatsu, Fukushima
Nihonmatsu Castle
二本松城
A medieval mountain stronghold and an Edo-period castle of stone walls sit layered on the very same hill.
Japan's 100 Fine Castles No. 11CastleHilltop
Japan Castle Atlas
Date clan
伊達氏
Connected castles
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Miyagi
Sendai Castle
仙台城
Inside the 17-meter stone wall of the main enclosure, archaeologists found two older walls, each built and then buried after earthquakes brought it down.
Japan's 100 Fine Castles No. 8CastleMountain
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Uwajima, Ehime
Uwajima Castle
宇和島城
Both the Edo-period keep and an Edo-period wooden model of it, built at one-tenth scale, survive.
Japan's 100 Fine Castles No. 83CastleHilltop
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Yonezawa, Yamagata
Yonezawa Castle
米沢城
The grounds of the shrine to Uesugi Kenshin are also the main enclosure of the castle where Date Masamune was born.
Next 100 Fine Castles No. 109CastleFlatland
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Aizumisato, Fukushima
Mukaihaguroyama Castle
向羽黒山城
Three hills make up one castle: the vast mountain stronghold that Ashina Moriuji spent eight years building above the Aizu basin.
Next 100 Fine Castles No. 111CastleMountain
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Kagomiri CastleCastleNo photo of this castle yet
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Matsuno, Ehime
Kagomiri Castle
河後森城
A border mountain castle whose "phantom keep," said to have been carried off to Uwajima, the town has rebuilt in 3D from excavation clues.
Next 100 Fine Castles No. 179CastleMountain
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Ehime
Iyo-Yoshida Jin'ya
伊予吉田陣屋
Jin'yaFlatland
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Nihonmatsu, Fukushima
Obama Castle
小浜城
CastleHilltop
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Ōsaki, Miyagi
Iwadeyama Castle
岩出山城
CastleMountain
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Date, Fukushima
Yanagawa Castle
梁川城
CastleHilltop
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Date, Fukushima
Yanagawa Castle
梁川城
CastleHilltop
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Fukushima, Fukushima
Fukushima Castle
福島城
CastleFlatland
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Fukushima, Fukushima
Fukushima Castle
福島城
CastleFlatland
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Yonezawa, Yamagata
Tateyama Castle
館山城
CastleHilltop
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Nakayama CastleCastleNo photo of this castle yet
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Kaminoyama, Yamagata
Nakayama Castle
中山城
CastleMountain
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Kōriyama, Fukushima
Kubota Castle
窪田城
CastleFlatland
Rebuilt / expandedRecord source: wikipedia
Arato CatsleCastleNo photo of this castle yet
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Shirataka, Yamagata
Arato Catsle
荒砥城
CastleHilltop
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Takabatake CastleCastleNo photo of this castle yet
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Takahata, Yamagata
Takabatake Castle
高畠城
CastleFlatland
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Ayugai CastleCastleNo photo of this castle yet
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Shirataka, Yamagata
Ayugai Castle
鮎貝城
CastleHilltop
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Ayugai CastleCastleNo photo of this castle yet
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Shirataka, Yamagata
Ayugai Castle
鮎貝城
CastleHilltop
Rebuilt / expandedRecord source: wikipedia