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|English Name=
|English Name=Niitakayama Castle
 
|Japanese Name=新高山城
 
|Romaji Name=Niitakayama-jo
 
|Alternate Names=Otakayama-jo
 
|Founder=Kobayakawa Takakage
Niitakayama Castle
|Year Founded=1552
|Japanese Name=
|Castle Type=Mountaintop
新高山城
|Castle Condition=Ruins only
|Romaji Name=
|Designations=Next 100 Castles, National Historic Site
Niitakayama-jo
|Historical Period=Pre Edo Period
|Alternate Names=
|Features=trenches, stone walls
Otakayama-jo
|Access=Hongo Sta.(San'yo Line), 25 min walk
|Founder=
|Visitor Information=mountain hiking trails open any time.
Kobayakawa Takakage
|Time Required=180 mins
|Year Founded=
|Website=http://www.mihara-kankou.com/shiseki/hongo_shintakayamajoseki.html
1552
|City=Mihara
|Castle Type=
|Prefecture=Hiroshima Prefecture
Mountaintop
|Notes=It takes around 25 minutes walk from JR Hongo Station to get to the trailhead. This castle ruin is massive, on a similar scale to a castle site like Rokkaku’s Kannoniji Castle Ruin in Shiga. My wife and I spent over 3 hours on site, and we did not get to all the 60 baileys scattered over this mountain because the sun was starting to set, so it was time to get off the mountain. A castle fan can easily spend half a day at this castle ruin checking out all the baileys, stone wall ruins, wells, gate ruins, and earthworks. The mountain looks steep as you approach it, but the trail up and down is fairly easy.
|Castle Condition=
Ruins only
|Designations=
National Historic Site
|Historical Period=
Pre Edo Period
|Main Keep Structure=
 
|Year Reconstructed=
 
|Artifacts=
 
 
|Features=
stone walls
|Access=
 
Hongo Sta.(San'yo Line), 25 min walk  
 
|Visitor Information=
 
mountain hiking trails open any time.  
 
|Time Required=
180 mins
|City=
Mihara, Hiroshima Pref.
|Prefecture=
Hiroshima Prefecture
|Notes=
 
 
It takes around 25 minutes walk from JR Hongo Station to get to the trailhead. This castle ruin is massive, on a similar scale to a castle site like Rokkaku’s Kannoniji Castle Ruin in Shiga. My wife and I spent over 3 hours on site, and we did not get to all the 60 baileys scattered over this mountain because the sun was starting to set, so it was time to get off the mountain. A castle fan can easily spend half a day at this castle ruin checking out all the baileys, stone wall ruins, wells, gate ruins, and earthworks. The mountain looks steep as you approach it, but the trail up and down is fairly easy.
  <p>Profile and photos by JCastle user <a>RaymondW</a></p>
  <p>Profile and photos by JCastle user <a>RaymondW</a></p>
 
|History=Prior to 1552 there was a small fort built here, but it was considered to be part of Takayama Castle’s defences. Kobayakawa Takakage, Mori Motonari’s third son, was adopted by the Numata faction of the Kobayakawa Clan. He reunited the two factions of the split Kobayakawa Clan (Numata and Takehara factions) by marrying a daughter of the Takehara faction. In 1552, Takakage decided to build and relocate to a new mountaintop castle directly opposite his current castle, Takayama Castle, on the other side of the Numata River. The new castle, Niitakayama Castle, is located on a 197m mountain with very steep cliffs on its eastern and southeastern sides. It is an extensive castle complex, stretching 400 metres from east to west and 500 metres north to south. <p>With the need to control the waterways of the Japan Inland Sea, a new castle, Mihara Castle was built in 1567 at the mouth of the Numata River. Gradually, Mihara Castle superseded Niitakayama Castle as Kobayakawa’s main castle in the area as their naval strength grew. Takakage took part in the Hideyoshi’s First Korean Invasion and was largely responsible for a major Japanese victory in the Battle of Pyokje in 1593. Afterwards, he retired from active service and returned to Mihara Castle. With no sons, Takakage adopted Hideyoshi’s nephew, Hideaki. Kobayakawa Hideaki went on to play a major role in the Battle of Sekigahara by switching sides in the middle of this epic battle. Niitakayama Castle was eventually decommissioned in 1596, the year before Takakage’s death. Some of the stones and other building materials were taken from Niitakayama Castle and used in the construction of Mihara Castle.</p>
 
|Year Visited=Viewer Contributed
|History=
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Prior to 1552 there was a small fort built here, but it was considered to be part of Takayama Castle’s defences. Kobayakawa Takakage, Mori Motonari’s third son, was adopted by the Numata faction of the Kobayakawa Clan. He reunited the two factions of the split Kobayakawa Clan (Numata and Takehara factions) by marrying a daughter of the Takehara faction. In 1552, Takakage decided to build and relocate to a new mountaintop castle directly opposite his current castle, Takayama Castle, on the other side of the Numata River. The new castle, Niitakayama Castle, is located on a 197m mountain with very steep cliffs on its eastern and southeastern sides. It is an extensive castle complex, stretching 400 metres from east to west and 500 metres north to south. <p>With the need to control the waterways of the Japan Inland Sea, a new castle, Mihara Castle was built in 1567 at the mouth of the Numata River. Gradually, Mihara Castle superseded Niitakayama Castle as Kobayakawa’s main castle in the area as their naval strength grew. Takakage took part in the Hideyoshi’s First Korean Invasion and was largely responsible for a major Japanese victory in the Battle of Pyokje in 1593. Afterwards, he retired from active service and returned to Mihara Castle. With no sons, Takakage adopted Hideyoshi’s nephew, Hideaki. Kobayakawa Hideaki went on to play a major role in the Battle of Sekigahara by switching sides in the middle of this epic battle. Niitakayama Castle was eventually decommissioned in 1596, the year before Takakage’s death. Some of the stones and other building materials were taken from Niitakayama Castle and used in the construction of Mihara Castle.</p>
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Viewer Contributed
|Website=
 
 
http://www.mihara-kankou.com/shiseki/hongo_shintakayamajoseki.html
 
 
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Revision as of 12:17, 12 September 2017

It takes around 25 minutes walk from JR Hongo Station to get to the trailhead. This castle ruin is massive, on a similar scale to a castle site like Rokkaku’s Kannoniji Castle Ruin in Shiga. My wife and I spent over 3 hours on site, and we did not get to all the 60 baileys scattered over this mounta

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History
Prior to 1552 there was a small fort built here, but it was considered to be part of Takayama Castle’s defences. Kobayakawa Takakage, Mori Motonari’s third son, was adopted by the Numata faction of the Kobayakawa Clan. He reunited the two factions of the split Kobayakawa Clan (Numata and Takehara factions) by marrying a daughter of the Takehara faction. In 1552, Takakage decided to build and relocate to a new mountaintop castle directly opposite his current castle, Takayama Castle, on the other side of the Numata River. The new castle, Niitakayama Castle, is located on a 197m mountain with very steep cliffs on its eastern and southeastern sides. It is an extensive castle complex, stretching 400 metres from east to west and 500 metres north to south.

With the need to control the waterways of the Japan Inland Sea, a new castle, Mihara Castle was built in 1567 at the mouth of the Numata River. Gradually, Mihara Castle superseded Niitakayama Castle as Kobayakawa’s main castle in the area as their naval strength grew. Takakage took part in the Hideyoshi’s First Korean Invasion and was largely responsible for a major Japanese victory in the Battle of Pyokje in 1593. Afterwards, he retired from active service and returned to Mihara Castle. With no sons, Takakage adopted Hideyoshi’s nephew, Hideaki. Kobayakawa Hideaki went on to play a major role in the Battle of Sekigahara by switching sides in the middle of this epic battle. Niitakayama Castle was eventually decommissioned in 1596, the year before Takakage’s death. Some of the stones and other building materials were taken from Niitakayama Castle and used in the construction of Mihara Castle.


Field Notes

It takes around 25 minutes walk from JR Hongo Station to get to the trailhead. This castle ruin is massive, on a similar scale to a castle site like Rokkaku’s Kannoniji Castle Ruin in Shiga. My wife and I spent over 3 hours on site, and we did not get to all the 60 baileys scattered over this mountain because the sun was starting to set, so it was time to get off the mountain. A castle fan can easily spend half a day at this castle ruin checking out all the baileys, stone wall ruins, wells, gate ruins, and earthworks. The mountain looks steep as you approach it, but the trail up and down is fairly easy.

Profile and photos by JCastle user <a>RaymondW</a>


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Gallery
  • Baileys, low stone walls
  • Banshoato Baileys
  • Banshoato Baileys
  • Banshoato Baileys
  • Guard house site
  • Kane-no-dan Baileys
  • Kane-no-dan trench
  • Kane-no-dan Baileys
  • Kane-no-dan, series of baileys
  • Stonework remains at the temple Bailey entrance
  • Stonework remains at the temple Bailey entrance
  • Unmonzan Kyoshinji Temple Ruins
  • Horikiri Trench
  • Ishiyumi-no-dan
  • Western Baileys
  • Western Baileys
  • North Bailey
  • Trench
  • Stone stairs to Nakanomaru Bailey
  • Nakanomaru Bailey
  • Nakanomaru Bailey
  • Approaching the Honmaru
  • Looking back to the Nakanomaru Bailey
  • Honmaru stone wall remains
  • Honmaru stone wall remains
  • Honmaru stone wall remains
  • Honmaru Otemon Ruins
  • Tsume-no-maru
  • Takayama Castle seen from Niitakayama Castle
  • Takayama Castle seen from Niitakayama Castle
  • View from the Tsume-no-maru
  • Stone walls of the Honmaru entrance from the Tsurui-no-dan
  • Honmaru entrance form the Tsurui-no-dan
  • Stone wall remains
  • Tsurui-no-dan stone walls
  • Tsurui-no-dan stone walls
  • Tsurui-no-dan stone walls
  • Tsurui-no-dan stone walls
  • Wells
  • Inside one of the wells
  • Tsurui-no-dan stone walls
  • Stone walls
  • smaller Bailey segment
  • Raigenga Bailey stone walls
  • Raigenga Bailey stone walls
  • Raigenga Bailey stone walls
  • Stone walls
  • Stone walls
  • Stone walls
  • Stone walls
  • Stone walls
  • Nakanomaru and partially split stone
  • Stone walls
  • Nakanomaru entrance and trench
  • Nakanomaru Trench
  • Trail to Nakanomaru
  • Stone walls
  • Trench and stone wall remains
  • Niitakayama Castle on the left Takayama Castle on the right
  • Map
  • Map


Castle Profile
English Name Niitakayama Castle
Japanese Name 新高山城
Alternate Names Otakayama-jo
Founder Kobayakawa Takakage
Year Founded 1552
Castle Type Mountaintop
Castle Condition Ruins only
Designations Next 100 Castles, National Historic Site
Historical Period Pre Edo Period
Features trenches, stone walls
Visitor Information
Access Hongo Sta.(San'yo Line), 25 min walk
Hours mountain hiking trails open any time.
Time Required 180 mins
URL Castle Website
Location Mihara, Hiroshima Prefecture
Coordinates 34.41978, 132.97591
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