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Nanao Castle (Iwami)

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Nanao Castle (Iwami)

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Nanao Castle (Nanao jō) was a Muromachi period yamajiro-stype Japanese castle located in what is now the city of Masuda, Shimane Prefecture, in the San'in region of western Japan. Its ruins been protected by the central government as a National Historic Site since 2004 together with the Miyake Odoi fortified residence as the "Masuda clan fortification ruins".

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

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