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Hinohara Castle

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Hinohara Castle (檜原城 Hinohara-jō) is a former mountain castle (山城 yamashiro) built in Hinohara Village in the mountains of Okutama, western Tōkyō.

Hinohara Castle (檜原城)

Although much remains unknown about the castle's construction and its lord, it is believed to have been used as a strategically vital point to control the Kōshū Nakamichi road connecting Musashi and Kai. In the latter part of the Sengoku period, the...

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