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Our guide
Tokutan Castle was an early Heian-period fortified stockade in what is now the town of Yahaba, in the Shiwa District of Iwate. The site was designated a National Historic Site on 5 August 1969. Our source says little more than that, so this page is short.
We have not checked what can be seen on the site today or a public-transport route.
Written by japan-spots.com (2026-09-22) from the sources credited on this page. Distances are straight lines between map positions.
Photos
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- Tokutan Castle site — MChew · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
What this place is
Tokutan Castle (徳丹城, Tokutan-jō) was an early Heian period jōsaku-style Japanese castle located in what is now the town of Yahaba in Shiwa District, Iwate Prefecture in the Tōhoku region of far northern Honshū, Japan. The site was proclaimed a National Historic Site of Japan on 5 August 1969.
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What to expect at this type of place: Castle
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