Castle Atlas / No. 81

Matsuyama Castle

松山城

Matsuyama Castle is Foundation list no. 81, recorded in 愛媛県松山市 as a 平山城 site associated with 加藤嘉明、蒲生忠知 and 加藤氏、蒲生氏、松平（久松）氏.

Open in Google Maps Official visitor source

History

What historically stood here

The Japan Castle Foundation records 松山城 as a 平山城 site in 松山市, with the founding label 慶長7年（1602）. The listed builder or associated clan is 加藤嘉明、蒲生忠知; principal lords are 加藤氏、蒲生氏、松平（久松）氏.

Today

What you are actually seeing today

The atlas currently classifies the visible condition as original surviving keep. Check the linked operator page for current hours, fees and restoration details.

Current condition: Original surviving keep
Terrain: Hirayamajiro: hill-on-plain castle
Condition note: Keep field marks the keep as surviving (現存). Classified 2026-09-24 from the structured fields at https://cmeg.jp/w/castles/8313.

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, 重要文化財21棟.

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: 愛媛県松山市丸の内
Coordinates: 33.845539, 132.765727
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

No. 80

Yuzuki Castle

Ehime / Reconstructed gates, turrets or buildings

No. 79

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.
Discover Japan's Twelve Original Castles, Japan National Tourism Organization. Accessed 2026-09-04. Used as visitor-facing context for the surviving original-keep distinction, while individual list identity remains sourced to the Japan Castle Foundation.
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.