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Our guide
Iwakiri Castle, also called Takamori Castle, was a Muromachi-period castle in what is now Miyagino Ward of Sendai, Miyagi, and the home castle of the Rusu clan. The site has been a National Historic Site since 1982.
Iwakiri Station is about 1.9 km away in a straight line, and Taga Castle about 4.3 km. We have not checked the paths up to the site.
Written by japan-spots.com (2026-09-22) from the sources credited on this page. Distances are straight lines between map positions.
Photos
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- Iwakiri castle — Katz33 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
What this place is
Iwakiri Castle (岩切城, Iwakiri-jō) was a Muromachi period Japanese castle located in what is now the ward of Miyagino-ku, in the city of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan. The site has been protected as a National Historic Site since 1982. It was also referred to as Takamori Castle (高森城, Takamori-jō) The castle was home castle of Rusu clan.
Background text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
What to expect at this type of place: Castle
Nearby station
Nearby station: Iwakiri (Rifu line), about 1.9 km from the spot in a straight line.
Worked out on 2026-09-14 from this place’s map position, using HeartRails Express station data and station names from Wikidata. The distance is a straight line, not a walking route, and says nothing about buses, transfers or timetables — plan the trip on Google Maps.
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