Maruoka Castle, Sakai

Name: Maruoka Castle
Address: 1-59 Kasumicho, Maruokacho, Sakai, 910-0231, Japan
Telephone: +81 776-66-0303

#1 among attractions in Sakai

Top attraction, Historical place, History museum, Forts and castles

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Maruoka Castle is a hirayama-style Japanese castle located in the Maruoka neighbourhood of the city of Sakai, Fukui Prefecture, in the Hokuriku region of Japan. It also called Kasumi-ga-jō due to the legend that whenever an enemy approaches the castle, a thick mist appears and hides it. Built at the end of the Sengoku period, the castle was occupied by a succession of daimyō of Maruoka Domain under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. The site is now a public park noted for its sakura. The castle’s relatively small tenshu claims to be the oldest in the country, a claim which is challenged by both Inuyama Castle and Matsumoto Castle. ()

Local name: 丸岡城 Built: 1576 (449 years ago)Demolished: 1871Coordinates: 36°9'9"N, 136°16'19"E

Address

1-59 Kasumicho, MaruokachoSakai 910-0231 Japan

Contact

+81 776-66-0303

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Day trips

Maruoka Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Awara Onsen, Fukui Fine Arts Museum, Great sugi of Kayano, Fukui Prefectural Museum of Cultural History.

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Museum, Art museum
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Museum, History museum
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Universities and schools
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Universities and schools
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