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|Japanese Name=平井金山城
|Japanese Name=平井金山城
|Romaji Name=Hirai Kanayama-jo
|Romaji Name=Hirai Kanayama-jo
|Alternate Names=Hirai Tsumeshiro
|Founder=Uesugi Norizane
|Founder=Uesugi
|Year Founded=1438
|Castle Type=Mountaintop
|Castle Type=Mountaintop
|Castle Condition=Ruins only
|Castle Condition=Ruins only
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|Historical Period=Pre Edo Period
|Historical Period=Pre Edo Period
|Features=trenches, stone walls
|Features=trenches, stone walls
|Access=Gunma Fujioka Sta (Hachiko Line); 20 min bus (Kamidaira bus to Hino Shogakko Mae)
|Visitor Information=mountain trails open anytime
|Time Required=120 mins
|Website=http://www.city.fujioka.gunma.jp/kakuka/f_bunkazai/uesugisi2.html
|Website=http://www.city.fujioka.gunma.jp/kakuka/f_bunkazai/uesugisi2.html
|City=Fujioka
|City=Fujioka
|Prefecture=Gunma Prefecture
|Prefecture=Gunma Prefecture
|GPSLocation=36.21409, 139.01758
|Notes=There are very few busses form the station to the castle so please check the [https://www.city.fujioka.gunma.jp/kakuka/f_bousai/files/kamitaira-jikoku.pdf Bus Schedule] carefully. For this trip I got off at the Hino Elementary School to visit Hirai Kanayama Castle and then walked to [[Hirai Castle]] where I got the bus back to the train station.
 
There is not much left to see at [[Hirai Castle]], but it's worth the short walk to visit and it's right on the bus line back to the station. In front of the Yashima Shouten Mae bus stop there is also a small volunteer run visitor center (I think it's their house) and the proprietors will happily give you maps and materials about the castles. The man's father was one of the main people who surveyed Hirai Kanayama Castle. I spent a good 30 minutes chatting while waiting for the next bus.
|History=In 1438 Uesugi Norizane was the Kanto Kanrei (governor of the Kanto provinces directly under the Ashikaga Shogun). When discord erupted between him and the Ashikaga he fled to the Kozuke region and built Hirai Kanayama Castle . In 1467, when the Onin War broke out, Uesugi Akisada established a new castle, Hirai Castle, from which the Uesugi would continue to govern until they were defeated by the Hojo in 1552. Hirai Castle is a hilltop castle and more suitable to governing a large province. Hirai Kanayama Castle remained as one of the mountaintop castles protecting the region and as the main backup castle to Hirai Castle when under siege. The castle was abandoned when the Uesugi were defeated.
|Year Visited=2017
|Year Visited=2017
|AddedJcastle=2017
|AddedJcastle=2017
|Visits=April 15, 2017
|Visits=April 15, 2017
|GPSLocation=36.21409, 139.01758
}}
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Revision as of 23:49, 15 September 2017

There are very few busses form the station to the castle so please check the Bus Schedule carefully. For this trip I got off at the Hino Elementary School to visit Hirai Kanayama Castle and then walked to Hirai Castle

Hiraikanayama16.jpg

History

In 1438 Uesugi Norizane was the Kanto Kanrei (governor of the Kanto provinces directly under the Ashikaga Shogun). When discord erupted between him and the Ashikaga he fled to the Kozuke region and built Hirai Kanayama Castle . In 1467, when the Onin War broke out, Uesugi Akisada established a new castle, Hirai Castle, from which the Uesugi would continue to govern until they were defeated by the Hojo in 1552. Hirai Castle is a hilltop castle and more suitable to governing a large province. Hirai Kanayama Castle remained as one of the mountaintop castles protecting the region and as the main backup castle to Hirai Castle when under siege. The castle was abandoned when the Uesugi were defeated.


Field Notes

There are very few busses form the station to the castle so please check the Bus Schedule carefully. For this trip I got off at the Hino Elementary School to visit Hirai Kanayama Castle and then walked to Hirai Castle where I got the bus back to the train station.

There is not much left to see at Hirai Castle, but it's worth the short walk to visit and it's right on the bus line back to the station. In front of the Yashima Shouten Mae bus stop there is also a small volunteer run visitor center (I think it's their house) and the proprietors will happily give you maps and materials about the castles. The man's father was one of the main people who surveyed Hirai Kanayama Castle. I spent a good 30 minutes chatting while waiting for the next bus.


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Gallery
  • Honmaru
  • Entrance to the castle trail
  • Stone walls, likely to be modern.
  • More of the same stone walls
  • Lookout platform
  • Lookout platform
  • Entrance to the castle
  • large horikiri trench
  • Horikiri trench
  • Sannomaru entrance
  • Obikuruwa Bailey
  • Sannomaru Bailey
  • Ninomaru Bailey
  • Honmaru entrance
  • Honmaru Bailey
  • Rest house in a bailey behind the Honmaru
  • Unnamed bailey and horikiri trenches
  • Castle entrance and trenches
  • Terraced Baileys
  • Terraced baileys
  • Leveled area for a lookout point
  • Terraced Baileys
  • Remains of a gate foundation
  • Otemon Gate foundation
  • Otemon Gate foundation
  • Otemon Gate foundation
  • Otemon Gate foundation
  • Large horikiri trenches on the way to the Well Bailey
  • Well Bailey illustration
  • Well Bailey
  • Map
  • Map


Castle Profile
English Name Hirai Kanayama Castle
Japanese Name 平井金山城
Founder Uesugi Norizane
Year Founded 1438
Castle Type Mountaintop
Castle Condition Ruins only
Designations Prefectural Historic Site
Historical Period Pre Edo Period
Features trenches, stone walls
Visitor Information
Access Gunma Fujioka Sta (Hachiko Line); 20 min bus (Kamidaira bus to Hino Shogakko Mae)
Hours mountain trails open anytime
Time Required 120 mins
URL Castle Website
Location Fujioka, Gunma Prefecture
Coordinates 36.21409, 139.01758
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Admin
Added to Jcastle 2017
Admin Year Visited 2017
Admin Visits April 15, 2017


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