A castle storehouse surrounded by hills
There are almost always castle ruins at the foot of a hill or at the entrance of a valley. Invaders were attacked from both sides of the valley, and their retreat was blocked. These castles were more like residential houses rather than castles; they are surrounded by clay walls more than 5 meters tall built by piling up earth on all four sides, with a length of 50 meters on each side, instead of stone walls. There are as many as 800 ruins in Iga and Koka altogether.
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Medieval Castles in Koka
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National Historic Landmark Ueno-jo Castle Ruins (Heiraku-ji Temple Ruins)
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Koka-ryu Ninja House
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Iga-ryu Ninja Museum
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Wata Kubo-yashiki Residence Ruins, a municipal historic site
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Koka Ninjutsu Museum
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Fukuchi-jo Castle Ruins, a castle of Mie prefectural designated historic site
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Kashiwano-jo Castle Ruins
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Takeshima-jo Castle Ruins
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Hijiyama-jo Castle Ruins, the location of the hard-fought Tensho Iga War
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Momochi-toride Fort Ruins, the fort ruins of Momochi Tanba-no-kami, one of the three greatest ninjas
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Muryojufuku-ji Temple, military base for the ninja during the hard-fought Tensho Iga War
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Maruyama-jo Castle Ruins, the location of the hard-fought Tensho Iga War
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Chigachi-jo Castle Ruins
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Kakeda-jo Castle Ruins
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Shimoyama-jo Castle
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Saji-jo Castle Ruins, a municipal designated historic site
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Takenaka-jo Castle Ruins, a national historic site
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Murasame-jo Castle and Jizen-jo Castle, national historic sites