Hamada Castle | |
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浜田城 | |
Hamada, Shimane Prefecture, Japan | |
Coordinates | 34°54′10.47″N 132°4′23.97″E / 34.9029083°N 132.0733250°E |
Type | Mountaintop-style castle |
Site information | |
Owner | Honda clan |
Condition | ruins |
Site history | |
Built | 1620 |
Built by | Furuta Shigeharu |
Materials | Stone walls |
Demolished | 1866 |
Garrison information | |
Past commanders | Furuta Shigeharu |
Hamada Castle (浜田城, Hamada-jō) is a castle structure in Hamada, Shimane Prefecture, Japan. [1] [2]
The castle is now only ruins, with some stone walls and earthworks. [3] In 2017, the castle was listed as one of the Continued Top 100 Japanese Castles. [4]
Hamada Gokoku Shrine | |
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濱田護國神社 | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Shinto |
Type |
Gokoku shrine (Formerly Shokonsha) |
Glossary of Shinto |
Hamada Gokoku Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Japan. It is a Beppyo shrine, or a shrine that is particularly notable in a certain way with a significant history to it. [5] It is a Gokoku Shrine, or a shrine dedicated to war dead. [6] Such shrines were made to serve to enshrine the war dead, and they were all considered "branches" of Yasukuni Shrine. They were renamed from Shokonsha in 1939. [7] It is located in the ruins of Hamada Castle. [8] [6]