Castle Atlas / No. 168
Wakasa Oniga Castle
若桜鬼ケ城
Wakasa Oniga Castle is Foundation list no. 168, recorded in 鳥取県八頭郡若桜町 as a 山城 site associated with 矢部氏 and 八木氏、木下氏、山崎氏.
History
What historically stood here
The Japan Castle Foundation records 若桜鬼ケ城 as a 山城 site in 八頭郡若桜町, with the founding label 諸説あり. The listed builder or associated clan is 矢部氏; principal lords are 八木氏、木下氏、山崎氏.
Today
What you are actually seeing today
The atlas currently classifies the visible condition as mountain castle ruins. Check the linked operator page for current hours, fees and restoration details.
- Current condition
- Mountain castle ruins
- Terrain
- Yamajiro: mountain castle
- Condition note
- Mountain castle with earthworks or stonework only. Classified 2026-09-24 from the structured fields at https://cmeg.jp/w/castles/7061.
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
- 鳥取県八頭郡若桜町若桜
- Coordinates
- 35.336546, 134.397992
- 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
Tottori Castle
Tottori / Reconstructed gates, turrets or buildings
Takeda Castle
Hyogo / Mountain castle ruins
Izushi and Arikoyama Castle
Hyogo / Original buildings, no keep
Tsuyama Castle
Okayama / 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
- 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.