Kasama Castle

Kasama Castle
笠間城
Kasama, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
Reconstructed Hachimandai Yagura of Kasama Castle
Kasama Castle 笠間城 is located in Ibaraki Prefecture
Kasama Castle 笠間城
Kasama Castle
笠間城
Kasama Castle 笠間城 is located in Japan
Kasama Castle 笠間城
Kasama Castle
笠間城
Coordinates36°22′56.95″N 140°16′2.93″E / 36.3824861°N 140.2674806°E / 36.3824861; 140.2674806
Typemountain-style Japanese castle
Site information
Open to
the public
yes
Site history
Built1219
Built byKasama Tomonari
In useEdo period
Demolished1868

Kasama Castle (笠間城, Kasama-jō) is a Japanese castle located in Kasama, central Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Kasama Castle was home to a junior branch of Makino clan, daimyō of Kasama Domain, but castle and domain went through many changes in clans during the early Edo period.