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Ōtaki Castle (Fukui)
35.9068° N, 136.2532° E
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Ōtaki Castle (大滝城, Ōtaki-jō) was a flatland castle located in Echizen, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. The site of the castle is now the Ōtaki Shrine, a shrine to Kawakami Gozen, the Japanese goddess of papermaking.
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