Tanagura Castle

Tanagura Castle
棚倉城
Tanagura, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
surviving moat of Tanagura Castle
Tanagura Castle is located in Fukushima Prefecture
Tanagura Castle
Tanagura Castle
Tanagura Castle is located in Japan
Tanagura Castle
Tanagura Castle
Coordinates37°1′46.89″N 140°23′8.29″E / 37.0296917°N 140.3856361°E / 37.0296917; 140.3856361
Typeflatland-style Japanese castle
Site information
Open to
the public
yes
ConditionRuins
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.