Hino Castle

History

Gamô Sadahide began the building of this castle in 1533, which ended 3 years later. The Gamô clan became a vassal of Oda Nobunaga during Gamô Katahide's generation, and when the Honnôji Incident occurred in 1582, Katahide and his son Gamô Ujisato welcomed Oda Nobunaga's wife and concubine to the castle. In 1584, Ujisato was transferred to Matsugashima, Ise Province, with 120,000 koku. After that, Tanaka Yoshimasa and Nagatsuka Masaie entered the castle, and in 1600, the castle was abandoned after the Battle of Sekigahara. In 1620, Ichihashi Nagamasa set up a jin'ya in a part of the Hino castle ruins and continued as the jin'ya of the Nishoji domain until the Meiji Restoration. Most of the remains were destroyed during the construction of the Hinogawa Dam, but some stone walls and moats remain around Ryôgyô Shrine and Inari Shrine.

Visit Notes

From Otowa castle, I walked back to visit the site of Hino castle. To the locals, and on the signs, it is better known as Nakanojō. This was more a let down, since only a small part of the castle, were 2 shrines are, remain. The rest has been urbanised. There is a bus stop not too far. The name of it is Hinokawadamuguchi. I had to wait 40 minutes for the next bus, so I decided to walk back to the station on the main street of Hino. It's about 4.5km. This street or Hinoshonin-kaidō, is a very picturesque road. There are lots of old houses. Temples and shrines, some very old, are lining up.

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Gallery

entrance to the castle
a kura on the castle grounds
arriving at the 2 shrines
a water moat
Bridge between the 2 shrines
Bridge between the 2 shrines
Inari shrine
Horokiri between the shrines
Horokiri between the shrines
Ryôgyô shrine
Explanation board with map
map

Castle Profile
English Name	Hino Castle
Japanese Name	日野城
Alternate Names	Nakanojô
Founder	Gamô Sadahide
Year Founded	1533
Castle Type	Hilltop
Castle Condition	Ruins only
Historical Period	Pre Edo Period
Features	water moats
Visitor Information
Access	bus from Hino station
Visitor Information	free access
Time Required	30min
Website	https://www.biwako-visitors.jp/spot/detail/888/
Location	Hino, Shiga Prefecture
Coordinates	35° 0' 31.32" N, 136° 15' 54.22" E
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Admin
Added to Jcastle	2023
Contributor	Furinkazan
Admin Year Visited	Viewer Contributed

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