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[Castle name]
Yokosuka Castle
Tokugawa Ieyasu built Castle Yokosuka Osaka Yasutaka to capture Taketenjin castle.

[Description]
Yokosuka castle is a flat castle in Shizuoka prefecture Kakegawa city Nishiobuchi (Yokosuka castle ruins park).
Tokugawa Ieyasu ordered the castle to “Osuka Yasutaka” to pressurize Takeda Katsuyori’s “Takatenjin Castle”.

Even if Takatenjin Castle falls and becomes abandoned castle, Osuga used a castle for two generations, Afterwards, the castle ruled by owner Matsudaira, Inoue and Honda. While the domineering lordship changed, the final was “Nishio Tadanari” entered in 25 thousand Jewels, Since the reign of Nishio the Meiji Restoration came.

Currently Yokosuka Castle, Stonewalls, Moat, Ruins etc. are left as “Yokosuka Castle Ruins Park” and it is designated as a national historic site.

[Address,access]
Shizuoka prefecture Kakegawa City Nishida District

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