The 1588 walls copy and outdo those of Azuchi: today they are all that remains, in a park.
Gamō Ujisato built it in 1588, moving there on purpose from another castle to make better use of the territory: the stone walls, dry-laid with the nozura-zumi technique and with sangi-zumi reinforced corners, are described by historians as equal in style and superior in solidity to those of the famous Azuchi Castle. A fire destroyed the buildings in 1877 and the last structures were demolished by 1881: today only the walls remain, inside a public park open at all hours.
A National Historic Site since 2011 and one of the hundred finest castles in Japan since 2006, it has the Motoori Norinaga house-museum in the area of the second bailey.
ℹ️ Public park, free entry at all times. 15 minutes' walk from Matsusaka Station.
🚉 Matsusaka · 17 min walk
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