Matsumoto is one of the 4 castles in Japan to be listed as national treasure. Previously called Fukashi Castle, it was a branch castle of the Ogasawara family during the long period of the warring states.
At the end of the Allied Occupation in 1952, the castle was designated a national treasure.
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