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Gifu Castle
岐阜城
| Alternate Name | Inabayama-jo |
| Founder | Saito Dosan |
| Year | 1509 |
| Reconstructed | 1956 (concrete) |
| Type | Mountaintop |
| Structure | 3 levels, 4 floors |
| Condition | Reconstructed |
| Admin's Rating | ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆ |
| Historical Value | Top 100 Castles |
| Location | Gifu, Gifu Prefecture |
| Map | Google Map |
| Access | Gifu (Tokaida Honsen) or Gifu Hashima (Shinkansen), bus to Gifu Park, ropeway or short hike up the mountain ( |
| Website | Gifu City |
| Visited | July 1992, May 1996 |
| Notes | If you have time, don't take the ropeway to the top. Take one of the trails to the top of Kinkazan. It's generally cool and quiet, making for a nice walk. Nearby the base of Mt. Kinkazan is also a small temple with a huge Buddha made from lacquered paper |
| History |
Gifu-jo, originally called Inabayama-jo, is built atop the 338m Mt. Kinka in Gifu prefecture. A castle was first established here by Nikaido Yukimasa in 1201. Saito Dosan became the master of Inabayama-jo In 1539 and renovated it into what you see today. In 1567 Oda Nobunaga invaded Mino and took Inabayama-jo from Saito Yoshitatsu, the grandson of Saito Dosan. Nobunaga moved his headquarters here from Komaki-jo and renamed it Gifu-jo. During the Battle of Sekigahara (1600) Tokugawa's forces captured Gifu Castle which was then controlled by Nobunaga's grandson Hidenobu. Tokugawa had no need for a mountaintop castle so he had it demolished. |
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