Site of Hitoyoshi-jō Castle

Great for a walk around

The castle ruins aren't super impressive by itself compared to a lot of other castle ruins in Japan. But it's nice nonetheless. It's free entree and free parking. It's nice for a walk around on a sunn...

Scenery from the Sannomaru is beautiful.

There remains most of the stone walls,and some of the Yagura（watch tower）had restored. This castle was built in 1198 by an authority of this region.It is registered as one of the beautiful castle in J...

Hitoyoshi Castle Ruins

The Castle was located by the river bank of Kuma river. It was the home of Sagara clan for about 700 years. Needed to walk uphill to reach the castle ruins, in fact, only the remains of walls were...

A small but good stone wall remains

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A castle ruin where you can appreciate a well-preserved stone wall. Although it is small, I think it is worth seeing the Mizunotemon gate and the Otemon gate ruins. Also, you can see the cityscape of Hitoyoshi from the Ninomaru ruins of Hiro 々. There were some places where some repairs were being carried out, but I would like many people to appreciate this wonderful castle ruins.

二の丸や三の丸の跡からは、人吉市街地が一望できました

　人吉城の駐車場からお堀に架かる橋を渡ると、相良護国神社がありました。この相良護国神社は、人吉城内に鎮座する神社です。ですから、境内を通って、石垣が長く続いている城内を歩きました。 　この人吉城は、鎌倉時代から幕末までのおよそ700年間、相良家の中心だった中世城趾で、日本百名城のひとつです。球磨川と胸川を天然の堀としてつくられています。 　天守閣をはじめとする建物は真子っていませんが、城内の上...