Maruoka-jo was Built by Shibata Katsutoyo in 1576. The castle had 17 lords until the Meiji Restoration. The keep was levelled by the Fukui earthquake of 1948, but the keep was rebuilt using 80% of the original materials in 1955. The keep has three stories with an original wood interior and stone-tile roof, and is located on a hill in the middle of a rather large plain.
Castles
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