Awaji Castle (Chikuma)
I found no ruins of Awajijō but I did find a stone marker. Someone online, a much more intrepid fellow than myself clearly, said he found trench remains ("to the east"). The back of the site is bordered by a small river and so perhaps that's where he found them but I couldn't get around to there. Th
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History
Unrelated to nearby Kushikijō (the two sites are almost next door), Awajijō was actually built later, in the Edo Period, from 1613. The "castle" was essentially a residence of a minor lord, something-or-other Awaji, who was enfeoffed with 80,000 koku worth of land by Ogasawara Hidemasa the magnaminous. It is better described as a yakata, a fortified manor house, perhaps, rather than a castle. Scant ruins remain.
Field Notes
I found no ruins of Awajijō but I did find a stone marker. Someone online, a much more intrepid fellow than myself clearly, said he found trench remains ("to the east"). The back of the site is bordered by a small river and so perhaps that's where he found them but I couldn't get around to there. The site is now farmland and houses.
There are lots of castle fans who blog in detail about their adventures. There is a surprising amount of information on this ruin on the blogs of Ranmaru and Travel-Shingen. If anyone cares to they can read more about the castle from these chaps. It's all in Japanese of course. I present the basic information here.
| Castle Profile | |
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| English Name | Chikuma Awaji Castle |
| Japanese Name | 筑摩淡路城 |
| Founder | Awaji Clan |
| Year Founded | 1613 |
| Castle Type | Flatland |
| Castle Condition | Ruins only |
| Historical Period | Edo Period |
| Artifacts | Kuruwa, Hori |
| Features | trenches |
| Visitor Information | |
| Access | Endou Station on the Kamikouchi Line; walk 10 minutes |
| Hours | 24/7 free |
| Time Required | 10 minutes |
| Location | Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture |
| Coordinates | 36.19572, 137.84964 |
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| Admin | |
| Added to Jcastle | 2020 |
| Contributor | ART |
| Admin Year Visited | Viewer Contributed |
