Ina Yashiki

The Ina Yashiki was a hidden gem. It was a combination of a fortified home and military encampment of Ina Tadatsugu, a trusted advisor of the Tokugawa. This site has been partially developed over so you'll be walking between private properties, fields, houses, an apiary, a junkyard and the Ina Yashi

Field Notes

The Ina Yashiki was a hidden gem. It was a combination of a fortified home and military encampment of Ina Tadatsugu, a trusted advisor of the Tokugawa. This site has been partially developed over so you'll be walking between private properties, fields, houses, an apiary, a junkyard and the Ina Yashiki Historical Site at the same time. Still it was a fascinating site and much bigger than expected. There is a road that cuts through the middle of the castle today, which you might think is new, but is actually the original road through the castle! From this road several embankments and trenches radiate out from it dividing the castle into areas for the encampment (west of the road) and warehouses (east side) until you reach the farthest point where the yashiki (fortified home) was found. Alongside the shinkansen tracks and the northernmost area of the castle, a series of shojibori was also uncovered during an historical excavation. We have seen many places around the Tokyo area where shojibori have been discovered but they're always reburied. I really wish some castle would restore them so we have more than just Yamanaka Castle to see how this defense may have been employed. A lot of the signs look new and one of them says that there are plans for further excavations so this may be a site to keep watch on.

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Castle Profile
English Name	Ina Yashiki
Japanese Name	伊奈氏屋敷
Founder
Year Founded
Castle Type	Fortified Manor
Castle Condition	Ruins only
Historical Period	Pre Edo Period
Features	trenches
Visitor Information
Access	Maruyama Sta. (Saitama New Shuttle), 5 min walk
Hours	park, open any time
Time Required	75 mins
URL	Castle Website
Location	Ina, Saitama Prefecture
Coordinates
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Admin
Added to Jcastle	2022
Contributor	Eric
Admin Year Visited	2022

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