Toba Castle
鳥羽城
| Founder | Kuki Yoshitaka |  |
| Year | 1594 | |
| Type | Hilltop | |
| Condition | Ruins | |
| Alternate Name | Nishiki-jo | |
| Admin's Rating | ★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ | |
| Historical Site | Prefectural Historic Site | |
| Location | Toba, Mie Pref. | |
| Map | Google Map | |
| Access | Toba Sta. (Kintetsu Toba Line, Shima Line; JR Sanguu Line); 10 min. walk | |
| Website | Toba Castle Ruins | |
| Visited | Viewer Donated | |
| Notes | The grounds are currently occupied by government buildings and a preschool. Nearby is the Toba Acquarium. | |
| History | Toba Castle was founded in 1594 by Kuki Yoshitaka, a retainer of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. The Kuki clan ruled for three generations until 1633. After the Kuki, Naito Tadashige became lord of the castle and expanded the grounds by adding a second and third bailey. In 1854, the castle was heavily damaged in an earthquake and tsunami. It was not repaired and was abandoned in 1871. | |
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Kris
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February 04, 2011 at 11:26 PM
The interesting fact I remember about this castle was that the Otemon opened onto the sea, such was the might of the Kuki navy! The grounds are nice enough for a walk but the site of the hon-maru was quite depressing. It is a dusty children's playground with a rusting basketball hoop and faded happy murals of everyone holding hands painted onto corrugate iron sheeting. It was one of those castles where I wished they had reconstructed it, even if only in concrete. Boat rides to the Pearl Island or the Aquarium could have left through the Otemon - anything but a basketball hoop. To make up for it though, there is quite a detailed history written in Japanese near the San-no-Maru entrance. Also, the Mikomoto Pearl Museum has a (quite small) scale replica of a Sengoku Era warship. Nearby Joanji is the Kuki family temple and has the dagger he used to commit seppuku after defeat at Sekigahara; as a result he has both a kubizuka and dozuka to do ohakamairi at. The cedars used in the construction of the Nippon-maru reputedly came from nearby Kata Jinja.
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