Hachiōji Castle

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Hachiōji Castle (Hachiōji-jō) was a Sengoku period Japanese castle, located in what is now the city of Hachiōji, Tokyo, in the Kantō region of Japan. Its ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 1951, with the area under protection extended in 2005. It is called Hachioji because Hachioji Gongen a deity of the Gion faith. is enshrined there.

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