Tsurumaru castle

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The former site of the main gates to Tsurumaru castle, with the Reimeikan visible in the background

Type: Flatland-Mountain
Built: 1602-1606, Shimazu Iehisa
Destroyed: 1874
Location: Kagoshima, Satsuma province
Other Names: 鹿児島城 (Kagoshima-jou)
Japanese: 鶴丸城 (Tsurumaru-jou)

Tsurumaru castle, also known as Kagoshima castle, was the chief castle of the Shimazu clan of Satsuma han.

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Links

Reimeikan - history museum located on the former site of the castle's honmaru
Photos
Kagoshima castle on Google Maps

References

Nihon no Meijo

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