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Takamatsu Castle (Bitchū)

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Takamatsu Castle (Bitchū)

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Takamatsu Castle (Takamatsu-jō) of Bitchū Province was a Sengoku period Japanese castle located in what is today the Kayo neighborhood of Kita-ku, Okayama in Okayama Prefecture. The style of the castle was a hirajō (flatland castle) with no stone walls, but only earthen walls. The castle was surrounded by marshes, which formed a natural moat. Its ruins have been protected by the central government as a National Historic Site since 1902.

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

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