Hachigata Castle Ruins

sightseeing

Hachigata Castle is a quintessential castle from the Warring States period and was selected as one of the 100 famous castles of Japan. The castle is said to have been built in 1476 by Nagao Kageharu, a retainer of the Yamanouchi Uesugi clan and leader of the Kanto region, and the castle was later expanded to its current size by the Odawara clan. When the feudal lord Toyotomi Hideyoshi attacked and besieged the castle in 1590, the soldiers inside held out for one month before giving up, surrendering the castle in exchange for their lives. The castle was later demolished and abandoned, but you can still see a large number of ruins that remain largely undisturbed, reminding us of the strong fortress of the past.

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Basic Information

Location

Hachigata Yorii Town Osato-gun, Saitama Prefecture

TEL

048-586-0315（Hachigata Castle History Museum）

FAX

048-580-0818

Home page

https://www.town.yorii.saitama.jp/site/rekishikan/kouenannai.html

Event Information

Edo Higan (Ujikuni Sakura) Illumination: Late March-Early April

Business hours / Fee

Regular holiday

When management is unavoidable

Fee

Free

How to get there

Public transport

25 minutes on foot from "Yorii Station" on the JR / Tobu-Tojo Line / Chichibu Railway

Parking

Free

Other

Remarks

Hachigata Castle History Museum
Opening hours: 9:30 am to 4:30 pm (admission is until 4:00 pm)
Closed days: Monday (the next day if it is a national holiday), the day after the national holiday, the year-end and New Year holidays
Admission fee: General 200 yen, high school / university student 100 yen, 70 years old or older / junior high school student or younger / person with a disability certificate is free

Map

Digital Map

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