This castle ruin site is about 10 or 15 minutes from the Takasaki station on foot and surrounded by the modern city. It is an interesting castle site, and there were some pretty trees in bloom when I was there.
Here is the history of this castle from the JCastle website:
The history of Takasaki Castle begins with Wada Castle constructed by Wada Yoshinobu around 1428. After the fall of the Hojo in 1590, Wada Castle was destroyed.
Tokugawa Ieyasu had Ii Naomasa (lord of Minowa castle) construct a castle in Takasaki at this strategic crossroads of the Nakasendo and Mikuni trade routes. Ii Naomasa renamed the area Takasaki and built up the foundations of the castle town. After three years, Ii Naomasa was sent to Hikone where he built the famous Hikone Castle. Starting with Ando Shigenobu in 1619, the castle underwent 77 years rebuilding and reconstruction. During the Meiji Period, Takasaki Castle was actually one of the castles that were saved under the Castle Abolition Law for use as government or military purposes. Even so, all the buildings were eventually destroyed or sold. The East Gate and Inui Yagura are both original, but were moved here from other locations. Today, the city offices, a hospital, schools, etc occupy part of the Sannomaru where the yagura and gate were moved to.
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I've never been there, but it must have been a magnificent castle back then. This is an important castle where the Tokugawa family used to stare down the feudal lords of Tohoku region. Thank you for sharing so many photos.
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It is very interesting to see these old castles standing around modern buildings.
This castle IS beautiful. And I love the stone walls and the beautiful blooming trees.
Another castle to cross off your list - and some pretty cherry blossoms on top!
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