Matsushiro Castle
Matsushiro Castle, formerly known as Kaizu Castle, is a Japanese castle located in former Matsushiro town, now part of Nagano City. The site is a registered National Historic Site of Japan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Baku13, CC BY-SA 2.1 jp.
- Type: Castle
- Description: Japanese castle in Nagano prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Kaizu Castle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Matsushiro Literary and Military School and Nagano Matsushiro General Hospital.
Matsushiro Literary and Military School
Historic site
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Matsushiro Literary and Military School was the Han school of Matsushiro Domain under the Edo period Tokugawa shogunate. It located in the Matsushiro neighborhood of the city of Nagano in the Chūbu region of Japan. Matsushiro Literary and Military School is situated 340 metres south of Matsushiro Castle.
Nagano Matsushiro General Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Nagano Matsushiro General Hospital is situated 380 metres southeast of Matsushiro Castle.
Zozan Shrine
Shinto shrine
Photo: Thirteen-fri, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Zozan Shrine is a Shinto shrine, which is situated 700 metres south of Matsushiro Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chikuma.
Chikuma
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chikuma is a city in Nagano. With a population of about 62,000, Chikuma is a small city by Japanese standards, and has urban areas mixed in among the forests, orchards and rice paddies.
Matsushiro Castle
- Categories: Japanese castle, hirajiro, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Nagano, Nagano, Chubu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
36.56592° or 36° 33′ 57″ northLongitude
138.19605° or 138° 11′ 46″ eastInception
1560Open location code
8Q8WH58W+9COpenStreetMap ID
node 5217915021OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q11104236
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Vietnamese—“Matsushiro Castle” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “castell de Kaizu”
- Catalan: “castell de Matsushiro”
- Chinese: “松代城”
- Chinese: “海津城”
- French: “castel de Matsushiro”
- French: “château de Matsushiro”
- French: “Château de Matsushiro”
- French: “Matsushiro-jō”
- German: “Burg Matsushiro”
- Japanese: “Matsushiro-jō”
- Japanese: “まつしろじょう”
- Japanese: “松代城”
- Japanese: “松代城公園”
- Japanese: “松代城址”
- Japanese: “海津城”
- Korean: “마쓰시로성”
- Persian: “قلعه ماتسوشیرو”
- Spanish: “Castillo Matsushiro”
- Vietnamese: “Thành Matsushiro”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Matsushiro castle and 旧松代駅.
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