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access: Maibara Sta (Tokaido Line), 20 min bus (infrequent, plan accordingly)
added jcastle: 2023
alternate names: Kamagawa-jo
castle condition: Ruins only
castle type: Mountaintop
city: Maibara
contributor: Eric
designations: National Historic Site
designations: Top 100 Mountaintop Castles
designations: Next 100 Castles
english name: Kamaha Castle
features: Trenches
features: Stone walls
GPS location#aux: 35.29703,136.31539
historical period: Pre Edo Period
japanese name: 鎌刃城
notes: This was possibly my highlight for 2022 castle visits. It combined a great hike, great views, outstanding weather, fall colors, lots to explore, stone walls and just a little bit of danger. First, the castle is somewhat difficult to get to since it is a 1 hr walk just to the hiking entrance from which it's another hour hike to the start of the castle. There are infrequent buses from Maibara Station to the Banba-juku. You could also rent a bicycle at the station or take a taxi. Plan accordingly. Kamaha Castle runs across three ridges with fantastic views of the surrounding domains including up to Lake Biwa, Sawayama Castle, Odani Castle, Yokoyama Castle and the Mt. Ibuki area. Kamaha Castle was once famous for its white limestone stone walls that could be seen shining from far away. Most of those walls have since crumbled but there are four main places where ishigaki stone walls can be seen today: main bailey walls, two gates and one "great stone wall" (a section of stonework 4 meters high and about 30m long). Scattered throughout the castle you will also find small bits of stonework along the sides of walls and under your foot buried in leaves. Significantly more stonework has been discovered through several studies but it was all reburied. You can see some photos of what was uncovered at the Kamaha Information Center near the trailhead. The south ridge is a very narrow ridge with seven horikiri cut into the bedrock. This course is labelled for "advanced hikers". It was not so difficult but good shoes and caution are recommended. The stones were quite slippery in the autumn morning covered with moss and leaves and you may need to navigate some fallen trees along the narrow ridge. The central area is comprised of a main bailey and 2 sub baileys, also labelled as the south baileys. More interestingly however is the north ridge of the castle with 7 stepped baileys. The furthest bailey has a commanding view and is where a large, main keep sized, yagura once stoo…
prefecture: Shiga Prefecture
time required: 300 minutes (round trip hiking from the trailhead)
visitor information: mountain, open any time
visits: November 19, 2022
year visited: 2022
wiki page modification date: 2025-09-05T23:07:18Z
modification date#aux: 2460924.4634028
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