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Our guide
Shigisan Castle was a Sengoku-period castle held by the Kizawa and Matsunaga clans. Little remains on the site today beyond some moats and earthworks. Our source says little more than that, so this page is short.
Takayasuyama Station is about 1.3 km from the point this page is mapped to. It is a hill site; we have not checked the paths or conditions.
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
- Shigisanj9 — 投稿者が撮影 · Public domain · source · resized
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What this place is
Shigisan castle (信貴山城, Shigisanjō) was a Japanese castle of the Sengoku period, controlled by the Kizawa and Matsunaga clans. There are little remains of the castle on the present day site, just some moats and earthworks.
Background text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
What to expect at this type of place: Castle
Nearby station
Nearby station: Takayasuyama, about 1.3 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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