• Maruoka Castle (丸岡城, Maruoka-jō) is a hirayama-style Japanese castle located in the Maruoka neighbourhood of the city of Sakai, Fukui Prefecture...
  • Large, impressive castles are cool, but the smaller Maruoka Castle felt more real in comparison. The inside of the castle was relatively simple.
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  • Maruoka Castle (丸岡城, Maruokajō), is one of just twelve castles remaining in Japan that have survived the post feudal ages with their castle keeps (donjon) intact.
  • Maruoka Castle (丸岡城) is located in Sakai City, Fukui Prefecture. ... This Maruoka Castle was originally built as a preparation for Ikko Ikki.
  • In Sakai City, where Maruoka Castle calls home, the folks there love their castle so much — they’ve been taking care of it for ages!
  • It is evident that, like many other castles, Maruoka Castle has it’s root in the Sengoku period, a time of great internal conflict and civil war in Japan.
  • Fukui City is a great base to discover the Maruoka Castle! It is a close bus ride with regular direct buses and also a train that stops nearby.
  • Maruoka Castle is a flatland castle built in 1576 by Shibata Katsuie for his nephew, Katsutoyo, under Oda Nobunaga's order.