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Our guide
Kanegasaki Castle, also called Tsuruga Castle, was a mountain castle of the Kamakura to Nanboku-chō periods in what is now the city of Tsuruga, Fukui. Its ruins have been a National Historic Site since 1934.
Kanegasaki-gū is only about 200 m away, Kehi Jingu about 1.2 km and Tsuruga Port about 2.8 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
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence — see credits
- Kanegasaki Castle Site View from Tezutsu-yama — 立花左近 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Siege of Kanegasaki Memorial — 立花左近 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Kanegasaki Castle Site — 立花左近 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Deathplace of Prince Takayoshi — 立花左近 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Kanegasaki Rakujō — Kobayashi Teiko · Public domain · source · resized
What this place is
Kanegasaki Castle (金ヶ崎城, Kanegasaki-jō) was a Kamakura to Nanboku-cho period yamashiro-style Japanese castle located in what is now part of the city of Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture in the Hokuriku region of Honshu, Japan. It was also known as Tsuruga Castle. The ruins have been protected by the central government as a National Historic Site since 1934.
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What to expect at this type of place: Castle
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