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Sugiyama Castle
, also known as Makino Castle, was a Sengoku period Japanese castle located in what is now part of the town of Ranzan, Saitama, Ranzan, Hiki District, Saitama, in the Kantō region of Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site. Its ruins have been protected as a Historic Sites of Japan, National Historic Site, since 2008. Background Sugiyama Castle in located on a hill in the town of Ranzan, near the center of Saitama Prefecture at the border of the Kantō Plain and the Okuchichibu Mountains, Chichibu Mountains. It is also located on the highway connecting Hachigata Castle in northwestern Saitama with Musashi-Matsuyama Castle. The early history of the castle has been lost and it is known when it was first constructed, or by whom. It has a typical layout for a Sengoku-period mountain castle. Situated on a long and narrow ridge, to consists of a series of kuruwa, enclosures built on different levels, separated by clay ramparts and dry moats, and connected by narrow, win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ranzan, Saitama
250px, Ranzan Gorge is a town located in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 17,755 in 8150 households and a population density of 590 persons per km2. The total area of the town is . Geography Ranzan is located in central Saitama Prefecture. The Higashimatsuyama Plateau extends to the central and northern parts of the town/ Surrounding municipalities Saitama Prefecture * Fukaya * Higashimatsuyama * Kumagaya * Ogawa * Namegawa * Tokigawa * Hatoyama * Yorii Climate Ranzan has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') characterized by warm summers and cool winters with light to no snowfall. The average annual temperature in Ranzan is 14.0 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1746 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 25.6 °C, and lowest in January, at around 2.5 °C. Demographics Per Japanese census data, the population of Ranzan peaked around the year 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
