Matsusaka's grand castle, constructed in 1584, was short-lived: a typhoon destroyed the five-storey donjon (main keep) in 1644, while fire and modernisation gradually did away with the rest. What remains is the towering stone foundation, now a public park.
Matsusaka-jō Ruins
Kansai
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