Somayama Castle

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Somayama Castle (Somayama-jō) was a Kamakura period yamashiro-style Japanese castle located in the town of Nanjō (now part of the town of Minamiechizen), Fukui Prefecture in the Hokuriku region of Honshu, Japan. The ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 1934, with the area under protection expanded in 1979.

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