Kuzuha Battery Site | |
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Native name 楠葉台場 | |
Location of Kuzuha Battery Site in Osaka Prefecture Kuzuha Battery (Japan) | |
Type | fortification |
Location | Hirakata, Osaka, Japan |
Coordinates | 34°52′32.2″N 135°40′53.4″E / 34.875611°N 135.681500°E |
Built | 1863 |
Demolished | 1871 |
National Historic Site of Japan |
The Kuzuha Battery Site (楠葉台場, Kuzuha daiba ato) was a Bakumatsu period coastal artillery battery erected on the Yodo River in the Kuzuhanakanoshiba neighborhood of the Hirakata in the Kansai region of Japan. The ruins were designated a National Historic Site in 2011.[1] It is also called the Yawata Kanmon (八幡関門).