Castle
Hiji Castle
🇯🇵 Japan
Hiji Castle (日出城, Hiji-jō), also known as Yōkoku Castle, Aoyagi Castle, and Ukitsu Castle, was a castle located in Hiji, Ōita Prefecture, Japan. The construction of the castle began in 1601, under Kinoshita Nobutoshi's orders, when he was transferred to Hiji from Himeji. The castle was designed by Nobutoshi's brother-in-law, Hosokawa Tadaoki. It held a strategic location, as it overlooked Beppu Bay. The castle was destroyed after the Hiji Domain was abolished during the Meiji era. Today, the castle's ruins (all that remains are the stone walls and the Sumi yagura) are a park, though Hiji Elementary School is also located on the grounds.
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Hiji Castle ranks #4,560 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #268 of the 297 mapped in Japan. See how Japan compares in the castle statistics.
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