Japan · 15th century
Ina Castle ranks #7,305 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #292 of the 295 mapped in Japan. Founded c. 1440, it is older than 48% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 556 atlas entries founded in the 15th century. 5 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Okazaki, 23 km away. See how Japan compares in the castle statistics.
Ina Castle (伊奈城, Inajō) is a castle located in the Kozakai area of Toyokawa city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
The lord of Ina village, Honda Sadatada, built Ina Castle in approximately 1440. It was well sited, for it was surrounded on three sides by rice paddies and rivers and on the fourth by an inlet, which allowed supplies to come into the castle directly from Mikawa Bay. Sadatora's descendants continued to use the castle as their headquarters from which they ruled the area for about 150 years, until Honda Yasutoshi was transferred to the Shimōsa region. Today there is a park on the site of the castle, with a small reconstruction of a tower and explanatory signboards in Japanese.
Text adapted from “Ina Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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