Kanagasaki Castle

Kanegasaki Castle 金ヶ崎城
Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, Japan
Kanegasaki Castle site
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Coordinates	35°39′57.9″N 136°4′27″E / 35.666083°N 136.07417°E / 35.666083; 136.07417
Type	yamashiro-style Japanese castle
Site information
Open to the public	yes
Condition	ruins
Site history
Built	Kamakura period
Built by	Taira no Michimori
In use	Kamakura to Sengoku periods
Demolished	unknown
National Historic Site of Japan

Kanegasaki Castle (金ヶ崎城, Kanegasaki-jō) was a Kamakura to Nanboku-cho period yamashiro-style Japanese castle located in what is now part of the city of Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture in the Hokuriku region of Honshu, Japan. It was also known as Tsuruga Castle. The ruins have been protected by the central government as a National Historic Site since 1934.^[1]