Kasama Castle, Kasama

Name: Kasama Castle
Address: 3613 Kasama, Kasama, 309-1611, Japan

#4 among attractions in Kasama

Top attraction, Historic walking areas, Forts and castles

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Kasama Castle is a Japanese castle located in Kasama, central Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Kasama Castle was home to a junior branch of Makino clan, daimyō of Kasama Domain, but castle and domain went through many changes in clans during the early Edo period. ()

Local name: 笠間城 Built: 1219 (805 years ago)Demolished: 1868Coordinates: 36°22'57"N, 140°16'1"E

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3613 KasamaKasama 309-1611 Japan

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

Nearby attractions include: Kasama Inari Shrine, Kasama Nichidō Museum of Art, Uchihara.

0.8 miW
Sacred and religious sites, Temple
Kasama Inari Shrine, Kasama
20 min walk • Kasama Inari Shrine is one of the three largest Inari Okami shrines in Japan, having been awarded the ancient court rank of Senior First Grade.
0.5 miW
Museum, Art museum
Kasama Nichidō Museum of Art, Kasama
13 min walk • Kasama Nichidō Museum of Art opened in Kasama, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, in 1972. It was established to celebrate the forty-fifth anniversary of the opening of the Galerie Nichidō, the first commercial art gallery in Japan specialising in yōga or Western-style painting.
5.2 miE
Town
Uchihara
133 min walk • Uchihara was a town located in Higashiibaraki District, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. On February 1, 2005, Uchihara was merged into the expanded city of Mito and no longer exists as an independent municipality.