Maruoka Domain Battery

Maruoka Domain Battery - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The was a Bakumatsu period coastal artillery battery erected by Maruoka Domain on the Sea of Japan coast in the Mikuni neighborhood of the Mikuni neighborhood of the city of Sakai, Fukui in the Hokuriku region of northern Japan. The ruins were designated a National Historic Site in 1930. It is also called the after its location on Kaji Bay. Read more on Wikipedia

type: historic site
date from: 1852

Source: en.wikipedia.org