Shōjojidate Castle 聖寿寺館

Shōjojidate Castle 聖寿寺館 - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

was a Muromachi period Japanese castle located in what is now the town of Nanbu, in Sannohe District of Aomori Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of far northern Japan. It was also known as the (i.e. former Sannohe Castle). It was located at a strategic junction of the Ōshū Kaidō with the Kakuno Kaidō and the Mabechi River.The site of the castle, as well as the Buddhist temple of Sankō-ji, and the Moto-Sannohe Hachiman-gu Shinto Shrine collectively received protection as a National Historic Site on 30 September 2004. Portions of the site are now on private lands occupied by local farm houses and fruit orchards. Read more on Wikipedia

type: military installation
date from: Kamakura period

Source: en.wikipedia.org