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Shakujii castle (石神井城 -jō) was a Japanese castle located along the Shakujii River in what is now Shakujii Park in Tokyo’s Nerima. The history of the inheritance of the feudal territory associated with it is the most clearly known of all territories in what is today Tokyo.The castle was strategically placed along the Shakujii River near Sanbō-tera Pond to control and defend the river valley.