Iwakitaira Castle

Iwakitaira Castle
磐城平城
Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
surviving moat of Iwakitaira Castle
Iwakitaira Castle 磐城平城 is located in Fukushima Prefecture
Iwakitaira Castle 磐城平城
Iwakitaira Castle
磐城平城
Iwakitaira Castle 磐城平城 is located in Japan
Iwakitaira Castle 磐城平城
Iwakitaira Castle
磐城平城
Coordinates37°03′32.85″N 140°53′27.30″E / 37.0591250°N 140.8909167°E / 37.0591250; 140.8909167
Typeyamashiro-style Japanese castle
Site information
Open to
the public
partly
ConditionRuins
Site history
Built1603
Built byTorii Tadamasa
In useEdo period
Demolished1868

Iwakitaira Castle (磐城平城, Iwakitaira-jō) is a hilltop-style Japanese castle located in the city of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of Japan. It also called Ryūgajō Castle (龍ヶ城) . Built in the early Edo period, it served as the headquarters for a succession of daimyō of Iwakitaira Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate. The site is now mostly on private lands, with only a small portion of the moats and ramparts remaining.