Tanagura Castle

Tanagura Castle
棚倉城
Tanagura, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
surviving moat of Tanagura Castle
Site information
Typeflatland-style Japanese castle
Open to
the public
yes
ConditionRuins
Location
Tanagura Castle
Tanagura Castle
Coordinates37°1′46.89″N 140°23′8.29″E / 37.0296917°N 140.3856361°E / 37.0296917; 140.3856361
Site history
Built1625
Built byNiwa Nagashige
In useEdo period
Demolished1868

Tanagura Castle (棚倉城, Tanagura-jō) a flatland-style Japanese castle located in the town of Tanagura, Tamura District, Fukushima Prefecture, in the southern Tōhoku region of Japan. It also called Kamegajō Castle (亀ケ城) . Built in 1625 by Niwa Nagashige, the castle was occupied by a succession of daimyō of Tanagura Domain under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate.