Iwakitaira Castle

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Iwakitaira Castle (Iwakitaira-jō) is a hilltop-style Japanese castle located in the city of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of Japan. It also called Ryūgajō Castle. Built in the early Edo period, it served as the headquarters for a succession of daimyō of Iwakitaira Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate. The site is now mostly on private lands, with only a small portion of the moats and ramparts remaining.

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