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Our guide
Murakami Castle in Murakami, northern Niigata, was at the end of the Edo period the home of a cadet branch of the Naitō clan, daimyō of the Murakami Domain. It was also known as Maizuru-jō. The ruins have been a National Historic Site since 1993.
Murakami salmon town is about 600 m away, and Murakami Station on the Uetsu Main Line about 1.9 km in a straight line. 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
- Murakami Castle — Altomarina · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Murakami Castle Ishigaki — Altomarina · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Mount Gagyu Mountaintop — Altomarina · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Central Murakami — Altomarina · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Murakami Castle Niigata 2007-02-12 — Geomr · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Murakami 2-Aug-2020 — 皓月旗 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Gagyusan hill Murakami Niigata 2012 — Ch0331 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
What this place is
Murakami Castle (村上城, Murakami-jō) is a Japanese castle located in Murakami, northern Niigata Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Murakami Castle was home to a cadet branch of the Naitō clan, daimyō of Murakami Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate. The castle was also known as "Maizuru-jō" (舞鶴城). The ruin been protected as a National Historic Site since 1993. It is about 30 minutes on foot from Murakami Station on the JR East Uetsu Line.
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What to expect at this type of place: Castle
Nearby station
Nearby station: Murakami (Uetsu Main 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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