Castles of the Sengoku era, such as Odani Castle: what to see at the ruins today, how to get there, and the battles fought over them, keeping what records from the time show apart from stories that spread later.
Where Was Inabayama Castle? How It Became Gifu Castle, Nobunaga's Capture and Takenaka Hanbei's SeizureNew!!
Image: Oda Nobunaga pointing to a castle on a distant mountain Inabayama Castle was a mountain castle on Mt. Kinka (Kinkazan) in today's Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture. It is the same castle as today's Gifu Castle. In the Sengoku period, three generations of the Saitō family, Dōsan, Yoshitatsu and Tatsuoki, made it their base [Fact]. […]
What Is Odani Castle? The Ruins, the Museum and the Siege That Ended the AzaiNew!!
Odani Castle on Mt. Odani in Shiga was the mountain castle of three generations of the Azai until Oda Nobunaga took it in 1573. What can you see at the ruins today, how do you get there, and how did the castle fall? We explain with diagrams and photos.