Castle Atlas / No. 66
Tsuwano Castle
津和野城
Tsuwano Castle is Foundation list no. 66, recorded in 島根県鹿足郡津和野町 as a 山城 site associated with 吉見頼行、坂崎直盛 and 吉見氏、坂崎氏、亀井氏.
History
What historically stood here
The Japan Castle Foundation records 津和野城 as a 山城 site in 鹿足郡津和野町, with the founding label 永仁3年（1295）、慶長6年（1601）. The listed builder or associated clan is 吉見頼行、坂崎直盛; principal lords are 吉見氏、坂崎氏、亀井氏.
Today
What you are actually seeing today
The atlas currently classifies the visible condition as stonework and earthworks. Check the linked operator page for current hours, fees and restoration details.
- Current condition
- Original buildings, no keep
- Terrain
- Yamajiro: mountain castle
- Condition note
- Original buildings: 櫓. Classified 2026-09-24 from the structured fields at https://cmeg.jp/w/castles/7742.
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
- 島根県鹿足郡津和野町後田
- Coordinates
- 34.460043, 131.763749
- 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
Hagi Castle
Yamaguchi / Original buildings, no keep
Ouchi Clan Residence and Konomine Castle
Yamaguchi / Reconstructed gates, turrets or buildings
Iwakuni Castle
Yamaguchi / Rebuilt or replica keep
Hamada Castle
Shimane / Stonework and earthworks
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.