Mibu Castle, Mibu

Name: Mibu Castle
Address: Mibu, Japan

#2 among attractions in Mibu

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Mibu Castle is a Japanese castle located in Mibu, southern Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Mibu Castle was home to a branch of the Torii clan, daimyō of Mibu Domain. ()

Local name: 壬生城 Built: 1469 (555 years ago)Demolished: 1867Coordinates: 36°25'37"N, 139°48'7"E

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

Nearby attractions include: Shimotsuke Yakushi-ji, Bandai Museum, Shimotsuke Provincial Capital, Yan xiano xin sheng jiangmyujiamu.

4.4 miSE
Temple, Buddhist architecture
Shimotsuke Yakushi-ji, Shimotsuke
114 min walk • Shimotsuke Yakushi-ji was a Buddhist temple located in what is now the city of Shimotsuke, Tochigi Prefecture, in northern Kantō region of Japan. It is one of the earliest Buddhist temples in western Japan, having been founded in the Asuka period.
3.3 miNE
Specialty museum, Museum
Bandai Museum, Mibu
85 min walk • The Omocha no Machi Bandai Museum is a museum devoted to Bandai characters located in Mibu, Shimotsuga District, Tochigi, Japan. It opened on July 19, 2003 as the Bandai Museum at Matsudo, Chiba.
3.4 miS
Archaeological site
Shimotsuke Provincial Capital, Tochigi
87 min walk • The Shimotsuke Provincial Capital ruins is an archaeological site with the ruins of a Nara to Heian period government administrative complex located in what is now part of the city of Tochigi, Tochigi prefecture in the northern Kantō region of Japan.
5 miSW
36°22'28"N • 139°44'24"E
Yan xiano xin sheng jiangmyujiamu, Tochigi
128 min walk • Museum
3.7 miSE
Universities and schools
Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke
95 min walk • Jichi Medical University is a private university in Shimotsuke, Tochigi, Japan, established in 1972. In 2008 the Gates Foundation awarded $100,000 to Hiroyuki Matsuoka, a medical researcher at the university, to do research on flying syringes.
7.1 miSW
Universities and schools
Kokugakuin Tochigi Junior College, Tochigi
180 min walk • Kokugakuin Tochigi Junior College is a private junior college in Tochigi, Tochigi, Japan. The school was founded as a junior women's college in 1966 before it became coeducational 2004.

Mibu Castle, Mibu

Facts and practical information

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

Shimotsuke Yakushi-ji, Shimotsuke

Bandai Museum, Mibu

Shimotsuke Provincial Capital, Tochigi

Yan xiano xin sheng jiangmyujiamu, Tochigi

Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke

Kokugakuin Tochigi Junior College, Tochigi