Google claim this Street View image of Kokura Castle in Japan was taken in January 2007. If that is accurate it would make it one of the earliest Google Maps Street View images ever published.
Link (thanks kalmarle)
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Strange cam error occurs in Japan
There are two hypotheses that can explain this: It may be that the date sent may be displayed incorrectly or that Google recognized it based on the photo taken by the device (information found in the image’s EXIF option).
I’ve already posted this, but the event date is showing as 2012. It’s probably a mistake on Google.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/LoVw5cehG2H889VW9?g_st=ac