Yamagata Castle Ruins (Kajō-kōen) 山形城跡・霞城公園
Only moats and earthworks remain of the castle of the daimyō Mogami Yoshiaki: no tenshu.
Fortress founded in 1356 by Shiba Kaneyori, founder of the Mogami clan, as the shogunate's representative in the region (Ushū Tandai). The present layout, with moats and earthworks over about 35.9 hectares, dates from Mogami Yoshiaki (1546–1614), 11th lord of the castle. National Historic Site since 1986, listed among the 100 castles of Japan in 2006.
Yamagata
Yamagata