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Our guide
Yonezawa Castle was a flatland castle in the centre of Yonezawa, in southern Yamagata, and throughout the Edo period it was home to the Uesugi clan, lords of the Yonezawa Domain. This page is for the castle ruins.
The Uesugi story is right here: Uesugi Shrine is about 0.1 km away and the Yonezawa City Uesugi Museum about 0.3 km. Minami-Yonezawa Station is about 1.5 km off in a straight line. We have not checked opening hours or fees.
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
- Uesugi Shrine, Yonezawa castle 10 — Syced · CC0 · source · resized
- Boshin War memorial stone in Yonezawa Castle — 掬茶 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Ruins of mausoleum of Uesugi Kenshin (Yonezawa Castle) — 掬茶 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Soumokutou (Yonezawa Castle) — 掬茶 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Stele of the birthplace of Date Masamune — 掬茶 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Stele of Uesugi Narinori — 掬茶 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Uesugi Shrine, Yonezawa castle 13 — Syced · CC0 · source · resized
- Uesugi Shrine, Yonezawa castle 15 — Syced · CC0 · source · resized
- Uesugi Shrine, Yonezawa castle 17 — Syced · CC0 · source · resized
What this place is
Yonezawa Castle (米沢城, Yonezawa-jō) is a flatland-style Japanese castle located in the center of the city of Yonezawa, southern Yamagata Prefecture, Japan. Throughout the Edo period, Yonezawa Castle was home to the Uesugi clan, daimyō of Yonezawa Domain.
Background text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
What to expect at this type of place: Castle
Nearby station
Nearby station: Minami-Yonezawa (Yonesaka Line), about 1.5 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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