Kataoka Castle
片岡城
Kataoka Castle is a historic hill castle ruin in Nara, notable for its large dry moat.
What it is
- A hill castle ruin, also known as Shimomaki Castle.
- Built by Kataoka Kuniharu in the early 16th century.
- Home to the Kataoka clan of Kofuku-ji Ichijoin-kata.
- Attacked multiple times in the 15th and 16th centuries.
What to see
- The main enclosure, 66m north-south and 46m east-west.
- A large dry moat between the main and eastern enclosures.
- The castle was built on a hill 90 meters above sea level.
Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.
Where it is
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