Habu Castle

The bus from Kameoka Station to Sonobe Station through the mountains stops very close to the castle site. There are few busses each day so depending on what time you get to the area it may be easier to take one or the other station. I left early in the morning taking the bus from Kameoka but returne

Field Notes

The bus from Kameoka Station to Sonobe Station through the mountains stops very close to the castle site. There are few busses each day so depending on what time you get to the area it may be easier to take one or the other station. I left early in the morning taking the bus from Kameoka but returned via Sonobe. Along the same route, you can also access Shishiudo Yakata among others along this history rich route.

This is a bit of a classically designed castle with a well fortified residence (yakata) at the base of the mountain and a mountain redoubt (tsume-no-shiro) on the mountain behind it. Stonework or stone walls ruins have been found all over the mountaintop castle site suggesting that it had much more extensive stone walls than what we see today. It's also more stoneworks than we typically see for castles in the area. The stonework and Koguchi entrances indicate it was likely built or modified early in the Oda-Toyotomi Period (織豊系城郭) but there are almost no records of it.

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English Name	Habu Castle
Japanese Name	埴生城
Alternate Names	Nonoguchi-jo
Founder
Year Founded
Castle Type	Mountaintop
Castle Condition	Ruins only
Historical Period	Pre Edo Period
Features	trenches, stone walls
Visitor Information
Access	JR Kameoka Station, 40 min bus, 10 min walk; or Sonobe Station, 30 min bus, 10 min walk
Hours
Time Required
Location	, Kyoto
Coordinates	35.05556, 135.44747
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Added to Jcastle	2024
Contributor	Eric
Admin Year Visited	2023
Admin Visits	November 12, 2023
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