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Kawagoekan

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The Kawagoekan was a hirayama-style Heian period Japanese castle located in the Uwado neighborhood of what is now the city of Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture, in the Kantō region of Japan. The ruins been protected as a National Historic Site since 1984.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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