Iwakitaira Castle

Iwakitaira Castle 磐城平城
Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
surviving moat of Iwakitaira Castle
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Coordinates	37°03′32.85″N 140°53′27.30″E / 37.0591250°N 140.8909167°E / 37.0591250; 140.8909167
Type	yamashiro-style Japanese castle
Site information
Open to the public	partly
Condition	Ruins
Site history
Built	1603
Built by	Torii Tadamasa
In use	Edo period
Demolished	1868

Iwakitaira Castle (磐城平城, Iwakitaira-jō) is a hilltop-style Japanese castle located in the city of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of Japan. It also called Ryūgajō Castle (龍ヶ城) . Built in the early Edo period, it served as the headquarters for a succession of daimyō of Iwakitaira Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate. The site is now mostly on private lands, with only a small portion of the moats and ramparts remaining.