Karasawayama Castle Ruins and Shrine
A Continued 100 Fine Castles site that withstood ten attacks by Uesugi Kenshin, with impressive stone walls
Mountain castle ruins on Karasawayama in northern Sano and Karasawayama Shrine on the main bailey.
A famous castle selected for the Continued 100 Fine Castles of Japan, with magnificent stone walls among Kanto's finest medieval mountain castles.
Karasawayama Shrine enshrines Fujiwara no Hidesato (Tawara Toda), offering blessings for competitive fortune.
Hidesato was a mid-Heian warrior known for t…
Karasawayama Castle is said to have been built in 927 by Fujiwara no Hidesato (Tawara Toda).
Hidesato built power as Shimotsuke governor for his merit in suppressing Taira no Masakado's rebellion.
Hidesato is known for the centipede extermination legend, passed down as a master archer.
In the mediev…
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