Nirayama Castle, Izunokuni

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Historic walking areas, Forts and castles

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Nirayama Castle is a hilltop castle, now largely ruins, built by Hōjō Sōun in the Izu Province in 1493. ()

Local name: 韮山城 Built: 1493 (531 years ago)Demolished: 1601Coordinates: 35°3'14"N, 138°57'22"E

Address

Nirayama NirayamaIzunokuni 410-2143 Japan

Contact

+81 55-948-1428

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Day trips

Nearby attractions include: Nirayama Reverberatory Furnace, Ganjōju-in, Enjō-ji Hōjō residence ruins, Horigoe Gosho.

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Historical place
Nirayama Reverberatory Furnace, Izunokuni
27 min walk • The Nirayama Reverberatory Furnaces are a set of four Edo period reverberatory furnaces erected by the Tokugawa shogunate in what is now the Nirayama neighborhood of the city of Izunokuni, Shizuoka in the Tokai region of Japan.
1.1 miSW
Buddhist temple, Temple
Ganjōju-in, Izunokuni
28 min walk • Ganjōju-in is a Buddhist temple of the Kōyasan Shingon-shū sect in the Hike neighborhood of the city of Izunokuni, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Its main image is a statue of Amida Nyōrai. The temple grounds were designated a National Historic Site on February 14, 1973.
1.2 miSW
Archaeological site
Enjō-ji Hōjō residence ruins, Izunokuni
31 min walk • The Hōjō Residence ruins, Hōjō-shi-tei is an archaeological site containing the ruins of the late Heian through Kamakura period residence of the Hōjō clan in the Jike neighborhood of the city of Izunokuni, Shizuoka in the Tōkai region of Japan.
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Archaeological site
Horigoe Gosho, Izunokuni
28 min walk • The Horigoe Palace site is an archaeological site containing the ruins of the Muromachi period residence of the Ashikaga clan in the Jike neighborhood of the city of Izunokuni, Shizuoka in the Tōkai region of Japan.