NejoHachinohe City, Aomori Prefecture

Spring Nejo 1Spring Nejo 2Spring Roots 3Spring Roots 4Spring Roots 5Spring Roots 6Spring Roots 7Spring Roots 8Spring Nejo 9Spring Roots 10
summer castle 1Summer castle 2summer castle 3summer castle 4Summer Nejo 5summer castle 6Summer Nejo 7Summer Nejo 8Summer Nejo 9
  • Spring Nejo 1
  • Spring Nejo 2
  • Spring Roots 3
  • Spring Roots 4
  • Spring Roots 5
  • Spring Roots 6
  • Spring Roots 7
  • Spring Roots 8
  • Spring Nejo 9
  • Spring Roots 10
  • summer castle 1
  • Summer castle 2
  • summer castle 3
  • summer castle 4
  • Summer Nejo 5
  • summer castle 6
  • Summer Nejo 7
  • Summer Nejo 8
  • Summer Nejo 9
Nejo DATA
castle construction1334
address47 Nejo, Hachinohe City, Aomori Prefecture
telephone number0172-33-8739
Opening hours9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Admission until 4:00 p.m.)
closing dayMondays, the day after holidays, New Year's holidays (December 27th to January 4th)
Admission feeAdults 250 yen, high school and university students 150 yen, elementary and junior high school students 50 yen

Nejo was built by the Nanbu Moroyuki clan in 1334.

Access to Nejo
Approximately 15 minutes by bus from Hachinohe Station on the JR Tohoku Main Line or Tohoku Shinkansen.

History of the Hachinohe clan, whose domain office was Nejo

southern crane

Nanbu family crest "Nanbu Crane"

Hachinohe Domain DATA
residenceNejo
old areaMutsu Province, Sannohe District
stone height20,000 koku
Fudai/TozamaForeigner
main lordNanbu family
Estimated population68,000 people (first year of the Meiji era)

Split from the Morioka domain. Naofusa Nanbu became the first lord of the domain.

Japanese Castle Photo Contest.03