- Maruoka Castle is also known by its nickname, “Mist Castle.” This name is derived from the castle’s mystical natural defense system.
- It is evident that, like many other castles, Maruoka Castle has it’s root in the Sengoku period, a time of great internal conflict and civil war in Japan.
- Maruoka Castle before the Edo period. Maruoka Castle was built in 1576 by Katsutoyo Shibata, nephew of Katsuie Shibata, a famous vassal of Oda Nobunaga.
- Maruoka Castle is a flatland castle built in 1576 by Shibata Katsuie for his nephew, Katsutoyo, under Oda Nobunaga's order.
- Maruoka Castle, located in the small city of Sakai within the Fukui Prefecture, stands as one of only 12 original castle towers (Genzou Tenshu) in Japan that.
- Today, the Maruoka castle is covered every year with Hana-Gasumi, flower-mist, of 400 cherry blossoms. (Designated as Important Cultural Properties of Japan).
- Maruoka Castle (丸岡城) is located in Sakai City, Fukui Prefecture. ... This Maruoka Castle was originally built as a preparation for Ikko Ikki.
- Maruoka Castle is a good way away from any train station so get the hourly Hon-Maruoka Bound Keifuku Bus from Awara-Onsen, Maruoka or Fukui Station.
- The only existing castle tower in Hokuriku. Maruoka Castle, also known as Kasumigajo, is a historic landmark located in the Hokuriku region of japan.
- Maruoka Castle. Back to list. ... First constructed in 1576 by Shibata Katsutoyo, Mauroka Castle lays claim to being one of Japan’s last remaining castles.