Editing Azuchi, Shiga (section)

{{Short description|Former town which is now part of the city of Ōmihachiman, Shiga Prefecture, Japan}}
[[File:基礎自治体位置図 25381.svg|thumb|Location of Azuchi in Shiga Prefecture]]
[[Image:azuchi.jpg|thumb|right|Stone steps leading up to the Azuchi Castle ruins.]]

{{nihongo|'''Azuchi'''|安土町|Azuchi-chō}} was a [[List of towns in Japan|town]] located in [[Gamō District, Shiga|Gamō District]], [[Shiga Prefecture]], [[Japan]]. 

As of 2003, the town had an estimated [[population]] of 12,217 and a [[population density|density]] of 502.76 persons per km<sup>2</sup>. The total area was 24.30&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.

On March 21, 2010, Azuchi was merged into the expanded city of [[Ōmihachiman, Shiga|Ōmihachiman]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-05-07 |title=滋賀県の市町村合併｜滋賀県ホームページ |url=https://www.pref.shiga.lg.jp/kensei/gaiyou/shicyou/10946.html |access-date=2024-02-15 |website=滋賀県ホームページ |language=ja}}</ref>

The town is well known for the ruins of [[Azuchi Castle]] of [[Oda Nobunaga]], the 16th century ruler of Japan, and once depicted on the now lost [[Azuchi Screens]]. The period in the [[history of Japan]] approximately between 1568 and 1603 is called [[Azuchi-Momoyama period]]. Azuchi Castle ruins remain for the temple [[Soken-ji]] donated by Oda Nobunaga. He also established the oldest Christian Seminary in Japan, and its ruins are now a small public park.