Saga Castle
佐賀城
Explore a unique Edo-period flatland castle with wide moats and important historical gates.
What it is
- Completed in the early Edo period.
- Residence of the Nabeshima clan.
- Also known as "Sunken Castle" and "Turtle Shell Castle."
- Now a park, selected as one of Japan's Top 100 Castles.
What to see
- Flatland castle with a ring-shaped and trapezoidal complex structure.
- Moats over 50m wide, built with earthworks, not stone walls.
- Shachi-no-mon Gate and its attached turret.
- Gate and turret are National Important Cultural Properties.
Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.
Where it is
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