Castle Atlas / No. 107
Akita Castle
秋田城
Akita Castle is Foundation list no. 107, recorded in 秋田県秋田市 as a 古代城柵 site associated with 律令国家 and unlisted principal lords.
History
What historically stood here
The Japan Castle Foundation records 秋田城 as a 古代城柵 site in 秋田市, with the founding label 天平5年（733）. The listed builder or associated clan is 律令国家; principal lords are not specified in the Foundation row.
Today
What you are actually seeing today
The atlas currently classifies the visible condition as archaeological fortified site. Check the linked operator page for current hours, fees and restoration details.
- Current condition
- Reconstructed gates, turrets or buildings
- Terrain
- Other or mixed fortified landscape
- Condition note
- Reconstructed: 外郭東門. Classified 2026-09-24 from the structured fields at https://cmeg.jp/w/castles/706.
Architecture And Defense
How to read the place
This record still needs feature-level reporting. For now, do not assume the most visible modern structure is the most historically important part of the castle.
Cultural-property notes in the Foundation row: 国指定史跡.
Visit
Present-day visitor information
Foundation-linked visitor source available; current hours, fees, closures and restoration information have not been republished in this first atlas pass.
- Address or access location
- 秋田県秋田市寺内大畑
- Coordinates
- 39.740338, 140.079231
- Nearest useful station
- See official visitor information.
- Estimated visit duration
- See official visitor information.
- Opening hours
- Check the official visitor source.
- Admission
- Check the official visitor source.
Nearby
Castles close enough to compare
Kubota Castle
Akita / Original buildings, no keep
Wakimoto Castle
Akita / Mountain castle ruins
Morioka Castle
Iwate / Original buildings, no keep
Hirosaki Castle
Aomori / Original surviving keep
Sources
Source and correction context
Identity, list membership, Foundation list number, municipality, basic classification and cultural-property notes are source-verified. Site-level visitor details require additional review unless this record is publishable. Foundation numbers are official list identifiers, not rankings. Coordinates use the Foundation-linked position-data KML and should be treated as visitor-planning coordinates rather than archaeological survey points.
Sources
- Continued Top 100 Japanese Castles, Japan Castle Foundation. Accessed 2026-09-04. Used for the official identity, list number, list membership, location municipality, castle type, founding label, builders, principal lords, and cultural-property notes for the continued 100-castle selection.
- Japan's Top 100 and Continued Top 100 Castle Position Data, Japan Castle Foundation / Nippon Castle. Accessed 2026-09-04. Used for the 200 castle addresses and coordinates exposed through the public map linked from the Japan Castle Foundation castle-search page.
- 100 Fine Castles of Japan and Continued 100 Fine Castles of Japan, Wikipedia contributors. Accessed 2026-09-04. Used only as a secondary cross-check for common English castle names; Japan Castle Foundation records remain the corpus source of truth.
- Nippon Shiro Meguri castle records: keep structure, remains and rebuilt structures, Nippon Shiro Meguri (cmeg.jp). Accessed 2026-09-24. Structured fields for each of the 200 castles, used to classify what stands at each site today. The linked record for each castle is its coordinate source.