Pretty much covered in forest, but on the 'terrain map we see 200m×800m earthworks as though someone had dug out the earth here. Those are likely rice paddies. So a possible castle site overlooking half a square kilometre of rice paddies. Some obscure,
landed lord extracting 33 bushels of rice per acre. 1/2 square mile is 320 acres. So potentially ten thousand five hundred and sixty bushels of rice. At 50lb grain per bushel, 528,000lb rice.
At 330lb per koku, thats 1,600 koku. A feudal lord was only considered daimyō class when his domain amounted to at least 10,000 koku so our estate here is not that of a feudal lord unless there are rice paddies in the surrounding valleys. But his output could support 1600 people... up until someone sends soldiers to burn the castle, and take the rice.
Location: 34.280589, 136.454409
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