Uto Castle RuinsUto City, Kumamoto Prefecture
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- Uto Castle Ruins
| Other name | Medieval Uto Castle, Nishiokadai, Nawa Castle |
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| castle construction | Mid-Heian period, unknown - Den Eisho 3 (1048) |
| address | 280 Jinbacho, Uto City, Kumamoto Prefecture |
- Access to Uto Castle Ruins
- Approximately 6 minutes by bus or 12 minutes on foot from JR Uto Station
HISTORYAbout Uto Castle Ruins
Read about the Uto Castle ruins and related incidents
- Shimabara RebellionRebellion of Christians that led to national isolation
- In the early Edo period, a large-scale rebellion by Christian farmers occurred. This was the Shimabara Rebellion, which lasted for about six months from October 25, 1637, to February 28, the following year, 1638. "Shimabara
Read the biographies of people related to Uto Castle ruins
- Kiyomasa KatoSeven spears of Mt. Shizugatake
- During the Sengoku period, the Owari-Mikawa (present-day Aichi Prefecture) area was the birthplace of many powerful military commanders. There are many Sengoku warlords who left their names in history, including Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu, known as the Three Great Heroes, as well as Maeda Toshiie. Kiyomasa Kato is one such person.
