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Our guide
Toba Castle, now in ruins, stood in the city of Toba, Mie. Throughout the Edo period it was the administrative centre of the Toba Domain in Shima Province. It was also called the Floating Castle of Toba, and the Two-colour Castle, because its seaward side was painted black and its landward side white. The site became a Mie Prefectural Historic Site in 1965.
Nakanogō Station on the Kintetsu Shima Line is about 150 m away in a straight line. Toba Aquarium is only about 100 m away and Mikimoto Pearl Island about 400 m.
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
- 鳥羽城2 — 投稿者が撮影 · Public domain · source · resized
- 鳥羽城4 — 投稿者が撮影 · CC BY 3.0 · source · resized
- Toba castle ishigaki — ぺ有家音 · CC0 · source · resized
- 鳥羽城3 — 投稿者が撮影 · Public domain · source · resized
- Toba Aquarium front view 2011 — Miyuki Meinaka · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Sakate Island from Toba Castle — Alpsdake · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Former Toba Elementary School Ground — Miyuki Meinaka · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Toba Aquarium front view 2019 — Miyuki Meinaka · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
What this place is
Toba Castle (鳥羽城, Toba-jō) was a Japanese castle (now in ruins) located in the city of Toba, Mie Prefecture, Japan. Throughout the Edo period, Toba Castle was the administrative center for Toba Domain, a feudal domain of Shima Province under the Tokugawa shogunate. Toba Castle was also known as the Floating Castle of Toba (鳥羽の浮城, Toba-no-uki-jō) or the Two-color Castle (二色城, Nishoku-jō) (from the fact that its seaward side was painted black, and landward side painted white). The castle site received protection as a Mie Prefectural Historic Site in 1965.
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What to expect at this type of place: Castle
Nearby station
Nearby station: Nakanogō (Kintetsu Shima Line), about 150 m 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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