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Yamagata, Yamagata
Yamagata Castle
山形城
When a film needed the gate of Edo Castle, it was Yamagata Castle's Ninomaru East Otemon Gate that played the part.
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Yamagata
山形県
Explore the castles and castle sites of Yamagata through photographs, municipalities and research status.
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Raita Futo from Tokyo, JapanCC BY 2.0Wikimedia Commons
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Tsuruoka, Yamagata
Tsurugaoka Castle
鶴ヶ岡城
Every castle building was torn down, yet on the site of the main enclosure stands a shrine that local people built themselves out of devotion to their former lords, the Sakai family.
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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.
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Kaminoyama, Yamagata
Kaminoyama Castle
上山城
CastleHilltop
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Sakata, Yamagata
Kinowanosaku
城輪柵
Ancient frontier fort (jōsaku)No keep recorded
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Sagae, Yamagata
Sagae Castle
寒河江城
CastleFlatland
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Sagae, Yamagata
Shiraiwa Castle
白岩城
CastleMountain
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Shinjō, Yamagata
Shinjō Castle
新庄城
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Sources checked
- Japanese Wikipedia, "List of castles in Japan" (prefecture section)
- Japanese Wikipedia category "Castles in Yamagata"
- Castle-related items on Wikidata
- OpenStreetMap historic=castle and related tags
- Japan Castle Foundation's 100 / Next 100 Fine Castles list
Sources to check next
- Prefectural survey reports on medieval and early-modern castle sites (Comprehensive Database of Archaeological Site Reports in Japan)
- Municipal lists of designated historic sites