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|Notes=This looks like a great, but not well visited castle. I really want to go here soon.
|Notes=This looks like a great, but not well visited castle. I really want to go here soon.
|History=Ukita Hideie built a branch or subordinate castle of Okayama Castle here in 1573. When Asano Naganao came in 1648 he was instructed by the Tokugawa government to build a new castle. If you look at a map of the castle you'll see that the outline looks very unique. It employs a lot of corners and these arrowhead point looking structures. This was a very modern idea to improve firing range near the castle and increase its defensive ability. You also see such structures very clearly in Goryokaku at Hakodate. There is a main keep foundation at Ako Castle but the main keep wasn't built because the Tokugawa government never granted permission to do so. Ako Castle was dismantled in 1873 under the Castle Abolishment Law.
|History=Ukita Hideie built a branch or subordinate castle of Okayama Castle here in 1573. When Asano Naganao came in 1648 he was instructed by the Tokugawa government to build a new castle. If you look at a map of the castle you'll see that the outline looks very unique. It employs a lot of corners and these arrowhead point looking structures. This was a very modern idea to improve firing range near the castle and increase its defensive ability. You also see such structures very clearly in Goryokaku at Hakodate. There is a main keep foundation at Ako Castle but the main keep wasn't built because the Tokugawa government never granted permission to do so. Ako Castle was dismantled in 1873 under the Castle Abolishment Law.
|Year Visited=Viewer Contributed
|Year Visited=2018
|AddedJcastle=2009
|AddedJcastle=2009
|Visits=December 21, 2018
|GPSLocation=34.74613, 134.38869
|GPSLocation=34.74613, 134.38869
|rating_average=3.24
|rating_average=3.24

Revision as of 09:53, 25 December 2018

This looks like a great, but not well visited castle. I really want to go here soon.

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History

Ukita Hideie built a branch or subordinate castle of Okayama Castle here in 1573. When Asano Naganao came in 1648 he was instructed by the Tokugawa government to build a new castle. If you look at a map of the castle you'll see that the outline looks very unique. It employs a lot of corners and these arrowhead point looking structures. This was a very modern idea to improve firing range near the castle and increase its defensive ability. You also see such structures very clearly in Goryokaku at Hakodate. There is a main keep foundation at Ako Castle but the main keep wasn't built because the Tokugawa government never granted permission to do so. Ako Castle was dismantled in 1873 under the Castle Abolishment Law.


Field Notes

This looks like a great, but not well visited castle. I really want to go here soon.


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Gallery
  • Otemon Gate
  • Otemon Gate
  • Sannomaru Bailey stone walls
  • Shioya Gate
  • Sannomaru Bailey stone walls
  • Sannomaru Bailey stone walls
  • Kita Yokoyamasugata foundation
  • Sannomaru moat and stone walls
  • Ote Corner Yagura
  • Otemon Gate
  • Guardhouse looking rest area
  • Otemon Stone Walls
  • Otemon stone walls, Ako Oishi Shrine in the background
  • Kondo Genpachi Residence Nagayamon Gate
  • Oishi Kuranosuke Residence Nagayamon Gate
  • Oishi Yoshitaka Residence Nagayamon Gate
  • Bukeyashiki Park Gate. The gate is only a mock entrance to an area that housed samurai homes
  • Bukeyashiki Park. An area that housed samurai homes
  • Moat and walls near the Shimizu Gate
  • Ninomaru moat and stone walls, Ako City Museum on the left
  • East Corner Yagura Foundation
  • Shimizumon Gate
  • Ninomaru stone walls
  • East Yagura Foundation
  • Ninomaru stone walls
  • Shiomi Yagura Foundation
  • Mizunotemon Gate
  • Ninomaru moat and stone walls
  • Ninomaru Rest House, mock rice warehouse
  • Ninomaru moat and stone walls
  • Sannomaru Stone Walls (left); Ninomaru stone walls (right)
  • Seinan Yagura Foundation
  • Sannomaru Stone walls
  • Nishi Yagura Foundation
  • Nishi Yagura Foundation
  • Sites of samurai residences since the road to the Shioya Gate
  • Gate to the Ninomaru Gardens and site of Oishi Tanomosuke's residence
  • Ninomaru Teien
  • Ninomaru Gardens stone walls and embankment
  • Honmaru Gate
  • Honmaru Gate
  • Honmaru Gate
  • Honmaru Gate
  • Honmaru Gate
  • Honmaru Gate
  • Honmaru Gate
  • Honmaru compound
  • Honmaru embankment and stone walls
  • Honmaru embankment and stone walls
  • Honmaru Garden
  • Honmaru compound
  • Honmaru compound
  • Honmaru embankment and walls
  • Main Keep Foundation
  • Umayaguchimon Gate
  • Umayaguchimon Gate
  • Higashi Yokoyamasugata Foundation
  • Hanebashimon Gate
  • Honmaru moat and stone walls
  • Ninomaru Garden West Shikirimon Gate
  • Ninomaru walls and moat
  • Ninomaru walls and moat
  • Ninomaru walls and moat
  • Ninomaru walls and moat
  • Sannomaru moat and stone walls
  • Sannomaru moat and stone walls
  • Map
  • Map
  • Ako Oishi Shrine
  • Ako Oishi Shrine


Castle Profile
English Name Ako Castle
Japanese Name 赤穂城
Alternate Names Kariya-jo
Founder Asano Naganao
Year Founded 1648
Castle Type Flatland
Castle Condition No main keep but other buildings
Designations Top 100 Castles, National Historic Site
Historical Period Edo Period
Features gates, turrets, bridges, water moats, stone walls, walls
Visitor Information
Access Banshuako Sta. (Ako Line)
Hours
Time Required
Location Ako, Hyogo Prefecture
Coordinates 34.74613, 134.38869
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Admin
Added to Jcastle 2009
Admin Year Visited 2018
Admin Visits December 21, 2018


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