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access: Kyoto Station (JR Tokaido Line); 90 mins bus
added jcastle: 2022
castle condition: Ruins only
castle type: Mountaintop
city: Kyoto
contributor: Eric
designations: Top 100 Mountaintop Castles
english name: Shuzan Castle
features: Trenches
features: Stone walls
GPS location#aux: 35.15669,135.62291
historical period: Pre Edo Period
japanese name: 周山城
notes: This is one of those castles where all the accounts and books and webpages do not do it justice and it actually exceeded my expectations. There is stonework scattered everywhere around the castle. It is mostly in crumbled conditions but there are a few fantastic stretches of stonework that are a must-see for serious castle fans. The best parts are actually not well marked and easy to overlook so take a good map or just pay attention and follow all the little trails around the honmaru until you find them! Apart from the major stone walls, if you look around the embankments you will see small remains of stonework all around the site. In the Honmaru there are remnants of large stone walls and earthen embankments in a square that indicate Akechi Mitsuhide probably intended to build a main keep here, but there is no evidence that one was ever constructed. Another 15-20 min hike along the western ridge is a satellite fortification, simply called the "western castle." This earthworks castle was just discovered in the 1990's. I've seen it listed both as part of Shuzan Castle and as an entirely separate satellite castle. This castle is a much simpler construction and has no stonework. There are several well defined baileys with earthen embankments and koguchi entrances. Some accounts make it sound like this is a difficult trail from Shuzan Castle, but if you've made it to Shuzan Castle anyway, the rest of the trail to the Western Castle is no more difficult. It's worth visiting if you have the time. It's not even depicted on most maps so try to find one with the West Castle (西城) if you intend to go. I happened to run into another castle fan at the site and between the two of us we figured out how to get there. It is not obvious but there is a small side trail back at the entrance to the Kosho Bailey (小姓曲輪), also called the West Bailey on some maps, that leads you around this bailey and out to the West Castle. This castle had been on my to-do list for a long time. Several rep…
prefecture: Kyoto
time required: 240 mins
visitor information: mountain trails, open 24/7
visits: November 3, 2021; December 9, 2024
year visited: 2021
year visited: 2024
wiki page modification date: 2025-05-24T02:33:44Z
modification date#aux: 2460819.6067593
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