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Our guide
Wakasa Oniga Castle was a Sengoku-period mountaintop castle in what is now the town of Wakasa, Tottori. Its ruins were designated a National Historic Site in 2008. Our source says little more than that, so this page is short.
Wakasa Station on the Wakasa Line is about 950 m away 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
- Wakasa Onigajo 15 — Reggaeman · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Wakasa Onigajo 22 — Reggaeman · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Wakasa Onigajo 20 — Reggaeman · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Wakasa Onigajo 17 — Reggaeman · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Wakasa Onigajo 16 — Reggaeman · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Wakasa Onigajo 14 — Reggaeman · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Wakasa Onigajo 13 — Reggaeman · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Wakasa Onigajo 12 — Reggaeman · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Wakasa Onigajo 11 — Reggaeman · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Wakasa Onigajo 09 — Reggaeman · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
What this place is
Wakasa Oniga Castle (若桜鬼ヶ城, Wakasa Oniga-jō) was a Sengoku period mountain-top Japanese castle located in what is now the town of Wakasa, Tottori Prefecture, in the San'in region of Japan. The ruins of the castle were designated a National Historic Site in 2008.
Background text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
What to expect at this type of place: Castle
Nearby station
Nearby station: Wakasa (Wakasa Line), about 950 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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