Fukui Castle

History

Yuki Hideyasu, the second son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, was awarded the area of Kitanosho for his efforts in the Battle of Sekigahara. Hideyasu built his castle just to the North of Shibata's Kitanosho Castle. In 1624 Matsudaira Tadamasa became lord of Kitanosho and renamed it Fukui. The 4 level 5 story main keep burned down in a great fire in 1669 but the castle itself existed until the Meiji Restoration.

The picture above is of the moat and stone walls of the Honmaru.

Visit Notes

Just a short walk from the station, it's worth the trip if you are there and have time.

Gallery

moat and stone walls
Stones walls and moat
Stones walls and moat
stone foundation of the main keep
Rokabashi Bridge
Rokabashi Bridge and gate
Rokabashi Bridge

Castle Profile
English Name	Fukui Castle
Japanese Name	福井城
Founder	Yuki Hideyasu
Year Founded	1601
Castle Type	Flatland
Castle Condition	No main keep but other buildings
Designations	Next 100 Castles
Historical Period	Edo Period
Artifacts	Dorui, Ishigaki, Gates, Bridges, Tenshudai
Features	gates, bridges, water moats, stone walls, walls
Visitor Information
Access	Fukui Sta. (Hokuriku Line), 5 minute walk
Visitor Information
Time Required
Location	Fukui City, Fukui Prefecture
Coordinates	36° 3' 53.82" N, 136° 13' 18.62" E
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Admin
Added to Jcastle	2006
Admin Year Visited	2006
Admin Visits	June 13, 2006

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RaymondWDaimyo

9 months ago

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@ Matthew Ward. I think it’s difficult to relocate government buildings such as a local council building, so a castle can be rebuilt. A castle is located in a fairly central location relative to the castle town that developed around it, so it makes sense to build some government buildings there post-Edo Period for easy access by the locals like at Fukui Castle. However, there are precedents at Shuri Castle and Kanazawa Castle where a university campus was relocated from the castle ground to make way for rebuilding parts of the castle. Ryukyu University was moved out from the site of Shuri Castle to its present location in Nishiharu. Kanazawa University was moved in 1996 from the grounds of Kanazawa Castle to the outskirts of the city. The Gojikken Nagaya was rebuilt 5 years after that.