Castle Atlas / No. 42
Kakegawa Castle
掛川城
Kakegawa Castle is Foundation list no. 42, recorded in 静岡県掛川市 as a 平山城 site associated with 朝比奈泰煕・泰能、山内一豊 and 朝比奈氏、山内氏、松平氏、青山氏、本多氏、北条氏、井伊氏、小笠原氏、太田氏.
History
What historically stood here
The Japan Castle Foundation records 掛川城 as a 平山城 site in 掛川市, with the founding label 永正9年（1512）頃、天正18年（1590）. The listed builder or associated clan is 朝比奈泰煕・泰能、山内一豊; principal lords are 朝比奈氏、山内氏、松平氏、青山氏、本多氏、北条氏、井伊氏、小笠原氏、太田氏.
Today
What you are actually seeing today
The atlas currently classifies the visible condition as reconstructed timber keep or tower. Check the linked operator page for current hours, fees and restoration details.
- Current condition
- Rebuilt or replica keep
- Terrain
- Hirayamajiro: hill-on-plain castle
- Condition note
- Keep built after 1868: 3重4階／1996年再／木造復元. Classified 2026-09-24 from the structured fields at https://cmeg.jp/w/castles/4167.
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: 重要文化財1件（御殿）, 市指定文化財1件（太鼓櫓）.
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
- 静岡県掛川市掛川
- Coordinates
- 34.775199, 138.013898
- 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
Takatenjin Castle
Shizuoka / Mountain castle ruins
Suwahara Castle
Shizuoka / Reconstructed gates, turrets or buildings
Hamamatsu Castle
Shizuoka / Rebuilt or replica keep
Sunpu Castle
Shizuoka / Reconstructed gates, turrets or buildings
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
- 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.
- Japan's Top 100 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, cultural-property notes, and keep-status notes for the original 100-castle selection.
- 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.