- Rustic, Old-Styled Construction. Maruoka Castle was built in 1576 by Shibata Katsutoyo, nephew of the famed warrior Shibata Katsuie.
- A Castle in a Mist of Cherry Blossoms. Built around 450 years ago, Maruoka Castele is said to have the oldest castle tower in all of Japan.
- In the Edo period (1603-1867), Honda Narishige became the castle's lord, and the Maruoka clan was established.
- Built at the end of the Sengoku period, the castle was occupied by a succession of daimyō of Maruoka Domain under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate.
- This castle on a hill, located in Maruoka Town of Sakai City, Fukui Prefecture, was built by Shibata Katsuie’s nephew Shibata Katsutoyo in 1576.
- Maruoka Castle. Fukui. Maruoka-jo (1576) claims to be the oldest remaining keep in Japan. It was destroyed by an earthquake in 1948, but subsequently...
- English: Maruoka Castle (Maruoka-jō) is a castle in Maruoka, Sakai, Fukui prefecture, Japan.The keep tower is oldest one in Japan.It is appointed to Japanese...
- Maruoka Castle is an especially valuable castle in that it has the oldest surviving tower that has earned its status as a National Important Cultural Property.
- Maruoka Castle is a hirayama fashion Japanese fort located within the Maruoka neighbourhood of the town of Sakai, Fukui Prefecture, inside the Hokuriku...
- Maruoka-jo was Built by Shibata Katsutoyo, nephew of Shibata Katsuie, in 1576. The castle had 17 lords until the Meiji Restoration including Aoyama Shurinsuke...