Hinoe Castle | |
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日野江城 | |
Minamishimabara, Nagasaki Japan | |
Coordinates | 32°39′36.04″N 130°15′9.97″E / 32.6600111°N 130.2527694°E |
Type | hirayama-style Japanese castle |
Site information | |
Controlled by | Arima clan |
Open to the public | yes |
Condition | Archaeological and designated national historical site; castle ruins |
Site history | |
Built | 1213 -1219 |
In use | Sengoku period |
The Hinoe Castle (日野江城, Hinoe-jō) was a Sengoku period Japanese castle cemetery located in the Kita-Arima neighbourhood of city of Minamishimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture Japan. Its ruins were designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1972.[1]