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{{Castle
|English Name=
|English Name=Tobiyama Castle
 
|Japanese Name=飛山城
 
|Romaji Name=tobiyama-jo
 
|Founder=Haga Takatoshi
 
|Year Founded=1293
Tobiyama Castle
|Castle Type=Hilltop
|Japanese Name=
|Castle Condition=Ruins only
飛山城
|Designations=National Historic Site
|Romaji Name=
|Historical Period=Pre Edo Period
tobiyama-jo
|Features=trenches
|Alternate Names=
|Access=Utsunomiya Station (JR or Tobu); 30 min bus + 10 min walk
 
|Website=http://61.194.63.139/ext/tobiyama-hp/top/tobiyama-1.htm
|Founder=
|City=Utsunomiya
Haga Takatoshi
|Prefecture=Tochigi Prefecture
|Year Founded=
|Notes=This was a great castle to visit and made up a little bit for the disappointment of Utsunomiya Castle in the morning. If you like exploring around vast ruins, then this is the place for you. Stop by the Tobiyama History Museum before exploring the ruins. There are some nice dioramas and they have some English materials for you too. If you have kids they can dress up like a samurai or princess for a small fee. They also have some traditional games they are happy to demonstrate. The staff were incredibly helpful to me before I went with planning my trip and after I arrived too. They have taken much care to faithfully rebuild several structures from the history of this site and to balance preserving the current condition of the site with reconstructing some parts for educational purposes.
1293
|History=Tobiyama Castle was founded by Haga Takatoshi, a powerful retainer of the Utsunomiya clan, in the late Kamakura Period. It was a very large scale castle that effectively used the landscape, including the Kinu River, to its defensive advantage. The castle was an important site for the Haga clan from its founding through the end of the 16th Century. It served as a base for the Utsunomiya who fought for the Northern Imperial Court in the Nanbokucho Period and as a base to retake Utsunomiya Castle during the Sengoku Period. After the fall of the Utsunomiya clan, Toyotomi Hideyoshi ordered the decommission of Tobiyama Castle In 1590.
|Castle Type=
|Year Visited=2008
Hilltop
|AddedJcastle=2008
|Castle Condition=
|Visits=October 17, 2008
Ruins only
|GPSLocation=36.55626, 139.96616
|Designations=
|rating_average=2.75
National Historic Site
|castleElev=142
|Historical Period=
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Pre Edo Period
|ekiElev=144
|Main Keep Structure=
|elevChange=-2
 
|kamon=utsunomiya.jpg
|Year Reconstructed=
|kamonFam=Haga
 
|adminRating=3
|Artifacts=
|oldID=117
 
 
|Features=
 
|Access=
 
 
Utsunomiya Station (JR or Tobu); 30 min bus + 10 min walk
 
 
|Visitor Information=
 
 
|Time Required=
 
|City=
Utsunomiya, Tochigi Pref.
|Prefecture=
Tochigi Prefecture
|Notes=
 
 
This was a great castle to visit and made up a little bit for the disappointment of Utsunomiya Castle in the morning. If you like exploring around vast ruins, then this is the place for you. Stop by the Tobiyama History Museum before exploring the ruins. There are some nice dioramas and they have some English materials for you too. If you have kids they can dress up like a samurai or princess for a small fee. They also have some traditional games they are happy to demonstrate. The staff were incredibly helpful to me before I went with planning my trip and after I arrived too. They have taken much care to faithfully rebuild several structures from the history of this site and to balance preserving the current condition of the site with reconstructing some parts for educational purposes.
 
 
|History=
 
 
Tobiyama Castle was founded by Haga Takatoshi, a powerful retainer of the Utsunomiya clan, in the late Kamakura Period. It was a very large scale castle that effectively used the landscape, including the Kinu River, to its defensive advantage. The castle was an important site for the Haga clan from its founding through the end of the 16th Century. It served as a base for the Utsunomiya who fought for the Northern Imperial Court in the Nanbokucho Period and as a base to retake Utsunomiya Castle during the Sengoku Period. After the fall of the Utsunomiya clan, Toyotomi Hideyoshi ordered the decommission of Tobiyama Castle In 1590.
 
 
|Visits=
October 17, 2008
|Japanese Notes=
 
 
|Year Visited=
2008
|Website=
 
 
http://61.194.63.139/ext/tobiyama-hp/top/tobiyama-1.htm
 
 
|rating_average=
2.75
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142
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144
|elevChange=
-2
|kamon=
utsunomiya.jpg
|kamonFam=
Haga
|adminRating=
3
|oldID=
117
|GPSLocation=
36.55625731855232,139.9661636352539
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Revision as of 23:32, 7 October 2017

This was a great castle to visit and made up a little bit for the disappointment of Utsunomiya Castle in the morning. If you like exploring around vast ruins, then this is the place for you. Stop by the Tobiyama History Museum before exploring the ruins. There are some nice dioramas and they have so

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History

Tobiyama Castle was founded by Haga Takatoshi, a powerful retainer of the Utsunomiya clan, in the late Kamakura Period. It was a very large scale castle that effectively used the landscape, including the Kinu River, to its defensive advantage. The castle was an important site for the Haga clan from its founding through the end of the 16th Century. It served as a base for the Utsunomiya who fought for the Northern Imperial Court in the Nanbokucho Period and as a base to retake Utsunomiya Castle during the Sengoku Period. After the fall of the Utsunomiya clan, Toyotomi Hideyoshi ordered the decommission of Tobiyama Castle In 1590.


Field Notes

This was a great castle to visit and made up a little bit for the disappointment of Utsunomiya Castle in the morning. If you like exploring around vast ruins, then this is the place for you. Stop by the Tobiyama History Museum before exploring the ruins. There are some nice dioramas and they have some English materials for you too. If you have kids they can dress up like a samurai or princess for a small fee. They also have some traditional games they are happy to demonstrate. The staff were incredibly helpful to me before I went with planning my trip and after I arrived too. They have taken much care to faithfully rebuild several structures from the history of this site and to balance preserving the current condition of the site with reconstructing some parts for educational purposes.




Gallery
  • entrance gate, bridge and moat
  • bridge, moat
  • masugata gate ruins
  • moat
  • heijuumon gate
  • moat
  • troop barracks
  • moat
  • view from the castle
  • moat
  • inside a guardhouse
  • moat
  • smoke signal station reconstruction
  • storehouse
  • map


Castle Profile
English Name Tobiyama Castle
Japanese Name 飛山城
Founder Haga Takatoshi
Year Founded 1293
Castle Type Hilltop
Castle Condition Ruins only
Designations National Historic Site
Historical Period Pre Edo Period
Features trenches
Visitor Information
Access Utsunomiya Station (JR or Tobu); 30 min bus + 10 min walk
Hours
Time Required
URL Castle Website
Location Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture
Coordinates 36.55626, 139.96616
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Admin
Added to Jcastle 2008
Admin Year Visited 2008
Admin Visits October 17, 2008


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