The ruins of a medieval castle located in Nitta-cho, Satsumasendai City, situated within the ancient sacred precinct of Satsuma that includes Nitta Shrine and the Enokoroyama Imperial Mausoleum. The layout of the mountain fortress can still be traced on the terrain today, bearing witness to a castle built to protect the Nitta Shrine, the chief shrine of Satsuma Province. Satsumasendai has function…

The Satsuma-Sendai Castle ruins (Nitta Castle) are the remains of a medieval mountain castle located in Nitta-cho, Satsuma-Sendai City, Kagoshima Prefecture. The exact date of construction and the name of its builder remain unknown. The castle was built adjacent to Nitta Shrine, the ichinomiya (high…