Ogimachi Castle

History

Uchigashima Tameuji was commanded by the Ashikaga shogun in the mid 1400's to move to the Shirakawa area to control the rich mining operations in the area. Uchigashima established his main castle, Kaerigumo Castle, about 6km from Shirakawa and setup a network of smaller castles in the area including Shirakawa Castle. In 1585, there was a great earthquake and the entire Uchigashima clan and the castle town of more than 300 homes was destroyed in a landslide. Yamashita Ujikatsu who was the commander of Shirakawa Castle at the time moved to Nagoya and worked for the Tokugawa on the construction of Nagoya Castle.

Visit Notes

If you go to Shirakawa you'll surely go to the lookout point atop the hill/mountain overlooking the village. The castle is on this ridge so you should visit while you're here. I wouldn't go to Shirakawa just for the castle though. I've included a number of photos of the thatch houses just because they're so fantastic.
白川郷へ行けばきっと展望台にも行くとでしょう。そのついでに城跡も見てみてください。白川郷と合掌造りの家もとても面白いので城跡の写真と一緒に数枚を掲載させてもらいました。

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Gallery

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  Castle entrance
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  Horikiri trench and earthen embankment
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  Horikiri trench
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  Horikiri Trench
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  Main bailey and entrance
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  Main bailey
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  Castle seen from the Shirakawa Village
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  Shirakawa village
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Castle Profile
English Name	Ogimachi Castle
Japanese Name	荻町城
Founder	Uchigashima Tameuji
Year Founded	15th C.
Castle Type	Mountaintop
Castle Condition	Ruins only
Designations	Local Historic Site
Historical Period	Pre Edo Period
Features	trenches
Visitor Information
Access	Shirakawago Bus Stop; walk up the hiking trail or take the bus to the top of the hill for the lookout point
Visitor Information	Park, open any time.
Time Required	15 mins.
Location	Shirakawa, Gifu Prefecture
Coordinates	36° 15' 46.87" N, 136° 54' 25.42" E
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Added to Jcastle	2016
Admin Year Visited	2016
Admin Visits	October 21, 2016

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ARTShogun

60 months ago

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I'll totally inflate its score for the view, like ^o^

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