Yonezawa Castle

Yonezawa Castle
米沢城
Yonezawa, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
Moats of Yonezawa Castle
Yonezawa Castle from the air, 1972
Yonezawa Castle 米沢城 is located in Yamagata Prefecture
Yonezawa Castle 米沢城
Yonezawa Castle
米沢城
Yonezawa Castle 米沢城 is located in Japan
Yonezawa Castle 米沢城
Yonezawa Castle
米沢城
Coordinates37°54′34.62″N 140°06′18.52″E / 37.9096167°N 140.1051444°E / 37.9096167; 140.1051444
Typeflatland-style Japanese castle
Site information
Open to
the public		yes
Site history
Built1238, rebuilt 1608-1613
Built byUesugi Kagekatsu
In useEdo period
Demolished1873

Yonezawa Castle (米沢城, Yonezawa-jō) is a flatland-style Japanese castle located in the center of the city of Yonezawa, southern Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. Throughout the Edo period, Yonezawa Castle was home to the Uesugi clan, daimyō of Yonezawa Domain.