- zekkeijapan.com spot/index/545/Maruoka Castle is a flatland castle built in 1576 by Shibata Katsuie for his nephew, Katsutoyo, under Oda Nobunaga's order.
- japanese-castle.com en/maruoka-castle/Rustic, Old-Styled Construction. Maruoka Castle was built in 1576 by Shibata Katsutoyo, nephew of the famed warrior Shibata Katsuie.
- en.japan-web-magazine.com fukui/castle/maruoka-…Today, the Maruoka castle is covered every year with Hana-Gasumi, flower-mist, of 400 cherry blossoms. (Designated as Important Cultural Properties of Japan).
- tabimaniajapan.com japan-trip/maruoka-castle-the-…Maruoka Castle (丸岡城) is located in Sakai City, Fukui Prefecture. ... This Maruoka Castle was originally built as a preparation for Ikko Ikki.
- jal.japantravel.com fukui/maruoka-castle/3078Maruoka Castle is a good way away from any train station so get the hourly Hon-Maruoka Bound Keifuku Bus from Awara-Onsen, Maruoka or Fukui Station.
- japaninsides.com maruoka-castle-among-the-last-12…Maruoka Castle, located in the small city of Sakai within the Fukui Prefecture, stands as one of only 12 original castle towers (Genzou Tenshu) in Japan that.
- touristinjapan.com maruoka-castle/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.
- travelbloggerindonesia.com maruoka-castle-cherry-…The only existing castle tower in Hokuriku. Maruoka Castle, also known as Kasumigajo, is a historic landmark located in the Hokuriku region of japan.
- byfood.com areas/fukui/maruoka-castlePeeking up over the pines and cherry blossoms in Fukui City’s central park, you’ll see the towering keep of this castle — one of the oldest in all of Japan.
- http://art-and-archaeology.com japan/maruokajo1.htmlMaruoka Castle. Fukui. Maruoka-jo (1576) claims to be the oldest remaining keep in Japan. It was destroyed by an earthquake in 1948, but subsequently...