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Founder
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Hojo Ujiyasu
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Year
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1560
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Type
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Mountaintop
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Condition
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Ruins
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Rating
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★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆
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Historical Site
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National Historic Site
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Historical Value
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Top 100 Castles
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Location
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Mishima, Shizuoka Prefecture
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Map
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Google Map
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Access
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Mishima Station (Tokaido Honsen), 30-40 minute bus ride
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Website
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Mishima City Website
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Visited
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July 27, 2002
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Notes
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This is a great place to visit. While there are no buildings or structures remaining, you can really get a feel for what the layout of the grounds of a castle were like. The rare and unique defenses and moat structures are superbly preserved. Even though my pictures do not show it well, the scenery from the castle grounds is incredible. You can clearly see the ocean and Mt. Fuji. I would recommend making a day trip here. Take the bus to the grounds from Mishima station and walk the Hakone Kyukaido back (about 10km).
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History
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This castle was set up by Hojo Ujiyasu as a subsidiary to the main Hojo stronghold at Odawara. As relations between Hojo and Toyotomi Hideyoshi worsened, Hojo Ujimasa began to strengthen the fortifications of Yamanaka Castle around 1588. In 1590 before Hojo had completed the new fortifications Hideyoshi launched the full force of 40,000 troops against the meager 4,000 defenders of Yamanaka Castle. It is said that the castle fell in less than a half day and in only 2 hours by some accounts. This was the first assault by Hideyoshi on Odawara as he overthrew the Hojo to complete the unification of Japan.
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