was a flatland castle located in
Echizen,
Fukui Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Fukui Prefecture has a population of 737,229 (1 January 2025) and has a geographic area of 4,190 Square kilometre, km2 (1,617 sq mi). Fukui Prefecture border ...
,
Japan
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. The site of the castle is now the
Ōtaki Shrine Otaki or Ōtaki may refer to:
Places
*Ōtaki, New Zealand
**Ōtaki (New Zealand electorate)
* Ōtaki River, New Zealand
*Ōtaki, Chiba, Japan
*Ōtaki, Saitama, Japan
* Ōtaki, Hokkaido, Japan
*Ōtaki, Nagano, Japan
* Otaki, California, U.S.
Surna ...
, a shrine to
Kawakami Gozen Kawakami may refer to:
People
* Kawakami (surname)
Places in Japan
* Kawakami District, Hokkaidō, a district in Hokkaidō
* In Okayama Prefecture,
** Kawakami, Okayama (Kawakami) was a town in the former Kawakami District
** Kawakami, Okayama ...
, the Japanese goddess of
papermaking
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.
References
*http://www.geocities.jp/hokuriku1970/ootaki.html
Castles in Fukui Prefecture
Former castles in Japan
Archaeological sites in Japan
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