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*''Other Names'': 鶴丸城 ''(Tsurumaru-jou)''
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[[File:Tsurumaru.JPG|right|thumb|320px|The former site of the main gates to Tsurumaru castle, with the [[Reimeikan]] visible in the background]]
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*''Japanese:'' 鹿児島城 ''(Kagoshima-jou)''
*''Type: Flatland-Mountain''
*''Type: Flatland-Mountain''
*''Built: [[1602]]-[[1606]], [[Shimazu Iehisa]]''
*''Built: [[1602]]-[[1606]], [[Shimazu Iehisa]]''
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*''Destroyed:[[1874]]''
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*''Destroyed: [[1874]]''
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*''Location:[[Satsuma province]]''
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*''Location: [[Kagoshima]], [[Satsuma province]]''
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*''Other Names:'' 鹿児島城 ''(Kagoshima-jou)''
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*''Japanese'': 鶴丸城 ''(Tsurumaru-jou)''
Tsurumaru castle, also known as Kagoshima castle, was the chief castle of the [[Shimazu clan]] of [[Satsuma han]].
Tsurumaru castle, also known as Kagoshima castle, was the chief castle of the [[Shimazu clan]] of [[Satsuma han]].
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==Links==
==Links==
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*[http://www.pref.kagoshima.jp/reimeikan/ Reimeikan] Kagoshima castle ruin
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*[http://www.pref.kagoshima.jp/reimeikan/ Reimeikan] - history museum located on the former site of the castle's ''honmaru''
*[http://csx.jp/~hakubutsukan/satsuma_osumi/tsurumaru.html Photos]
*[http://csx.jp/~hakubutsukan/satsuma_osumi/tsurumaru.html Photos]
*[https://maps.google.com/maps?q=%E9%B6%B4%E4%B8%B8%E5%9F%8E&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=31.598258,130.55441&spn=0.004871,0.010568&sll=42.746632,-75.770041&sspn=4.299762,10.821533&t=h&hq=%E9%B6%B4%E4%B8%B8%E5%9F%8E&radius=15000&z=17&iwloc=A Kagoshima castle on Google Maps]
*[https://maps.google.com/maps?q=%E9%B6%B4%E4%B8%B8%E5%9F%8E&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=31.598258,130.55441&spn=0.004871,0.010568&sll=42.746632,-75.770041&sspn=4.299762,10.821533&t=h&hq=%E9%B6%B4%E4%B8%B8%E5%9F%8E&radius=15000&z=17&iwloc=A Kagoshima castle on Google Maps]