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- The Hara Castle (原城, Hara-jō) was a Sengoku period Japanese castle cemetery located in the Minami-Arima neighbourhood of city of Minamishimabara...
- Not far from Hara Castle are the remains of Hinoe Castle (日野江城, Hinoe-jō), the main castle of the local lords and center of the domain for almost 300 years.
- ...Shogunate sent a force of over 125 000 troops to suppress the rebellion, and after a lengthy siege against the 37 000 rebels at Hara Castle, defeated them.
- Hara castle was originally built as a branch castle of Hinoe castle which was the main base of Arima clan, only 2 kilometer apart from Hara castle.
- The other name of the castle is “Hara Castle” (or twilight castle), which comes from the beautiful sunsets this area is famous for.
- The Matsukura Clan following the Arima Clan didn’t use Hara Castle and built a new castle, called Shimabara Castle, as their home base.
- It is believed Hara castle was built to support Hinoe castle to its southern side and to keep watch over the main waterway of the Ariake Sea.
- hara-castle-ruins-2. It’s less a castle ruin and more the ghost of a castle ruin. On the Shimabara peninsula there is a series of rises by the sea.
- The Remains of Hara Castle are located in the southern part of the Shimabara Peninsula, in the southeastern area of the Nagasaki region.
