Ōgaki Castle, Ogaki

Name: Ōgaki Castle
Address: 2-52 Kuruwamachi, Ogaki, 503-0887, Japan
Telephone: +81 584-74-7875

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Ōgaki Castle is a flatlands-style Japanese castle located in the city of Ōgaki, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. During the Sengoku period, Ōgaki Castle was home to several of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's most trusted generals and relatives; during the Edo period, it was home to the Toda clan, daimyō of Ōgaki Domain, who dominated parts of the province of Mino under the Tokugawa shogunate. Other names for the castle include Bi Castle and Kyoroku Castle. ()

Local name: 大垣城 Built: 1535 (489 years ago)Demolished: 1871Coordinates: 35°21'43"N, 136°36'58"E

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2-52 KuruwamachiOgaki 503-0887 Japan

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+81 584-74-7875

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Ōgaki Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mino Kokubun-ji, Sunomata Castle, Nangū Taisha, Solar Ark.

4 miNW
Temple, Buddhist architecture
Mino Kokubun-ji, Tarui
103 min walk • Mino Kokubun-ji is a Shingon-sect Buddhist temple in the Aono neighborhood of the city of Ōgaki, Gifu, Japan. It is one of the few surviving provincial temples established by Emperor Shōmu during the Nara period.
4.1 miE
Museum, Forts and castles, History museum
Sunomata Castle, Ogaki
104 min walk • Sunomata Castle is a Japanese castle in Ōgaki in Gifu Prefecture at the confluence of the Sai and Nagara rivers. It is also called the Sunomata Ichiya Castle, due to the legend that it was built in one night.
5.1 miW
Ancient shrine rebuilt in the 1600s
Nangū Taisha, Tarui
131 min walk • Nangū Taisha is a Shinto shrine located in the town of Tarui in Fuwa District, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is the ichinomiya of former Mino Province.
3.8 miSE
Specialty museum, Science museum, Museum
Solar Ark, Ogaki
96 min walk • The Solar Ark is a Japanese ark-shaped solar photovoltaic power generation facility which offers activities to cultivate a better appreciation of solar power generation, and thereby benefitting both ecology and science.
6.1 miNW
Park
Kamagatani, Ikeda
155 min walk • Kamagatani is a valley in the in the town of Ikeda, Gifu Prefecture, Japan noted for a scenic valley. It is a noted spot for viewing cherry blossoms in spring and was designated both a nationally designated Place of Scenic Beauty and Natural Monument,in 1928 It is located within the borders of the Ibi-Sekigahara-Yōrō Quasi-National Park.
3.3 miSE
Town, Area
Anpachi, Ogaki
85 min walk • Anpachi is a town located in Gifu, Japan. As of 1 December 2018, the town had an estimated population of 15,072 in 5,291 households, and a population density of 830 persons per km². The total area of the town was 18.16 square kilometres.
6.2 miNE
Area
Kitagata, Gifu
159 min walk • Kitagata is a town located in Motosu District, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 November 2018, the town had an estimated population of 18,410 and a population density of 3600 persons per km², in 7,449 households.
4.3 miNE
City, Area
Mizuho, Gifu
111 min walk • Mizuho is a city located in Gifu, Japan. As of 30 November 2018, the city had an estimated population of 54,686 and a population density of 1900 persons per km², in 20866 households. The total area of the city was 28.19 square kilometres.
3.1 miNW
Archaeological site
Hiruiōzuka Kofun, Tarui
79 min walk • The Hiruiōzuka Kofun is a kofun burial mound located in what is now part of the city of Ōgaki, Gifu in the Chubu region of Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 2000.
~260 ftS
Temple
Nōhi Gokoku Shrine, Ogaki
2 min walk • Nōhi Gokoku Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Ōgaki, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It is located near the base of Ōgaki Castle. The shrine is designated to the approximately 19,000 people from the Seino and Hida regions of Gifu Prefecture who died during wars.
5.3 miW
Archaeological site
Mino Provincial Capital, Tarui
135 min walk • The Mino Provincial Capital Site is an archaeological site consisting of the ruins of the Nara period to early Heian period Provincial Capital of Mino Province, located in the Fuchū neighborhood of the town of Tarui, Gifu in the Chūbu region of Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 2006.