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Founder
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Kikkawa Hiroie
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Year
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1608
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Reconstructed
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1962 (concrete)
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Type
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Mountaintop
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Structure
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4 levels, 4 stories
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Condition
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Reconstructed
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Rating
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★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
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Historical Value
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Top 100 Castles
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Location
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Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture
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Map
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Google Map
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Access
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Iwakuni Station (San'yo Honsen), 20 minutes by bus to the Kintaikyo Bridge, 10 minute walk to the ropeway to the top
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Website
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Iwakuni Information
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Visited
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February 1996, August 1998
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Notes
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I visited Iwakuni in a day trip from Hiroshima. It's worth the visit to see the famous bridge Kintaikyo and the samurai settlement. All current pictures were donated by Terry P.
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History
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Iwakuni-jo was built by Kikkawa Hiroie in 1608. Just a few years later in 1615 the castle was torn down to comply with the Tokugawa law of "one castle per province." The current reconstruction was placed a little bit closer to the front edge of the mountain so it could be more easily seen from below and to give visitors a better view of the valley from the castle.
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Kikkawa
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