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access: Awaji Highway Bus from Kobe Sannomiya to Sumoto Bus Center; 20 min walk
added jcastle: 2012
alternate names: Mikuma-jo
castle condition: Reconstructed main keep
castle type: Hilltop
city: Sumoto
contributor: Frank T.
designations: National Historic Site
designations: Next 100 Castles
english name: Sumoto Castle
features: Trenches
features: Samurai homes
features: Main keep
features: Water moats
features: Palace
features: Stone walls
GPS location#aux: 34.33764,134.90287
historical period: Pre Edo Period
japanese name: 洲本城
notes: This was probably my (admin) most exciting and expectation exceeding castle visit of 2023. The weather was perfect, the views incredible and the stonework was truly amazing. I had largely written off Sumoto Castle because of the silly little fake keep or lookout tower at the top of the mountain but it has stone walls to rival Marugame Castle, Iyo Matsuyama Castle or Hikone Castle. The castle is mainly comprised of the several large baileys around the top of the mountain with the smaller "lower castle" at the base of the mountain for administrative purposes. From roughly both sides of this lower castle are two fantastic climbing stone walls. Some of the stonework is easily visible from the trails but there is so much more than can be discovered by a few explorations into the woods. For this visit some trails were even closed off for repairs, but at least according to signs at the time, they should be reopened in the Spring of 2024. The castle and stonework we see today dates to when it was rebuilt by the Hachisuka in the 1630's. Some of key features of the castle mount are two particularly huge baileys. The "Mushadamari" is an unusually large bailey just to the east of the main bailey. It has the best views of the East Climbing Stone and amazing views of the sea. As the Japanese name implies it may have been barracks for troops or an evacuation area for the townspeople. Likewise, the Nishinomaru (west bailey) is another huge bailey that is a bit farther out along with ridge from the honmaru and functioned as a dejiro or extended fortification from the main castle. Some of the stone was quarried around here and 1 large stone with wedge holes can also be found along the trail. This bailey has stone walls on 2 sides and even a small section of unejo tatebori (parallel vertical trenches) buried in the woods. In the town you can also find some original structures from the castle: Sumoto Hachiman Jinja - The Kintenkaku was built in 1641 as part of the Sumoto Ca…
prefecture: Hyogo Prefecture
time required: 180 mins
visitor information: The reconstructed tower is currently closed because it needs structural repairs.
visits: November 26, 2023
year visited: 2023
wiki page modification date: 2025-12-14T01:50:46Z
modification date#aux: 2461023.5769213
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