Tanabe Castle (Tango)

Tanabe Castle
宮津城
Miyazu, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Faux Yagura at Tanabe Castle
Site information
Typeflatland-style Japanese castle
Open to
the public
yes
Conditionruins
Location
Tanabe Castle
Tanabe Castle
Coordinates35°26′44.81″N 135°19′51.51″E / 35.4457806°N 135.3309750°E / 35.4457806; 135.3309750
Site history
Builtc1580
In useSengoku - Edo period
Demolished1871

Tanabe Castle (田辺城, Tanabe-jō) is a flatland-style Japanese castle located in Maizuru, northern Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Tanabe Castle was home to a branch of the Makino, daimyō of Tango-Tanabe Domain. The castle was nicknamed Maizuru Castle (舞鶴城, Maizuru-jō), and during the early Meiji period, the city was named "Maizuru" to avoid confusion with the city in southern Kyoto now known as Kyōtanabe.