Tokugawa
Hamamatsu Castle
浜松城
| Alternate Name | Hikuma-jo |
| Founder | Tokugawa Ieyasu |
| Year | 1570 |
| Reconstructed | 1958 (concrete) |
| Type | Hilltop |
| Structure | 3 levels, 3 stories |
| Condition | Reconstructed |
| Rating | ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆ |
| Location | Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture |
| Map | Google Map |
| Access | Hamamatsu Station (Tokaido Honsen), 15-20 walk, or short bus ride |
| Website | Hamamatsu City |
| Visited | May 1999 |
| Notes | The castle is in a quiet little park a short bus ride from the station. I visited this castle on one trip from Fukushima to Nagoya. On the same day I also stopped at Odawara and Kakegawa before going to Hamamatsu. |
| History |
A castle was first built on this site around 1532 by a vassal of the Imagawa clan. This castle was called Hikuma-jo. In 1568 Tokugawa Ieyasu conquered the castle and in 1570 he moved his permanent headquarters here from Okazaki-jo . In 1577 Tokugawa renovated and expanded the castle, renaming it Hamamatsu-jo. Ieyasu spent 17 years here and engaged in some of his most well known battles from this castle. While the donjon of Hamamatsu-jo is a reconstruction, the stone palisade it stands on is the original one built by Tokugawa Ieyasu. This palisade is built in an old style called nozura-zumi which refers to the way the stones are fit together. |
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