Yokote park | Yokote City Tourism Promotion Organization

Overview

In the park, spring is cherry blossoms, azaleas bloom in the middle of June to mid July. On the premises there is Yokote castle site built by Mr. Onodera in the mid 16th century, and the observation stand of the four-layer castle tower style built at Ninomaru ruins is a museum. From the top floor of the observation deck you can see the city area. The view of Chokai in particular is wonderful.

Schedules

Yokote castle observation platform usage information
Opening period:April 1 - November 30
Opening Hours: 9：00~16：30

Content

Yokote castle ruins

Yokote castle was built by Mizutami Onoji around 235 (1554) good old age with Asakura castle that long ago. Promising the castle was a soil cliff that used clay without doing the cobblestone and a soil stop to prevent the soil collapse and a castle that planted 韮 (noraga) so that the enemy can not climb up, Later it became common to be called Yokote castle.
The castle owner Onodera Yoshimichi was seen as Mr. Ishida for Mr. Tokugawa after the battle of Sekigahara, and was forced to Iwami-kuni for confiscation confiscated by the Keioi 6th year (1601). Yoshinobu Satake, who was released from Mito to Akita the following seven years, built Kubota castle as the main castle, changed the castle as a castle for Asakura castle, and gave a castle (Mr. Date). In order to arrange a vassal in the castle asakura Asakura divided the house Yashiki, built the town to prepare for the offensive, made the Yokote River as the outer moat.
Keio 4th year (1868) In the role of Boshin, the army of Sendai Shonai battled against Asakura Castle, but the castle burned up due to the fire, the evening of August 11th Meiji era, finally Honmaru and Ninomaru fallen castle Then, 21 castle girls took a brutal death.
At present there is a three-layer castle tower observation deck at Ninomaru ruins and the interior is a local museum. The square from the samurai district to the observation deck is colored by spring cherry blossoms and fall autumn leaves.

Akita Shrine

The Akita shrine enshrined in the Honmaru site built the shrine in 1879, and from the Akita shrine in Chiaki Park, which dedicates the founder · Yoshinobu Satake, December 2 Shiyu, the inland town (Yashiki) It is one that worshiped.

Cow marrow

If you go down a little from Yokote castle ruins there is a cow morain. There is a bamboo bridge and it is a place just for a walk.

Peace Kannon

With the cooperation of the Yokote City Bequest Association, the City Social Welfare Council, the Park Council, the City Buddhism Association, and the general public on the hill of the park castle ridge, on the hill of the Kannon-dai, with the prayer of the war dead and the peace, Was erected.
The Kannon statue is made by Mr. Ishida Mitsuzen of Okazaki City, 4.78 m with lotus and 2.37 m in natural rock base, launched on June 30, 1960, completed on November 15. It is one attraction of the park.

Honda Uenosuke Masazumi Tombstone

Honda Utsunosuke Masazumi, Mr. Akatsuki Masakatsu, father, Mr. Masakatsu Masakatsu who was the authority of the Tokugawa shogunate founder, was taken care of by Mr. Satake as it had an attempt to assassinate Hidetada. Mr. Satake deposited his father with Yokote Castle Seino Midori Morimori Sude, and Uenozu's father sent a grief living at the Yokote castle Sannaru 's lodging house.
Masaru is 37 years old (1630) in 7th year of age, Masazumi is sick at the age of 73 years old (1637) Kanna 143 (1637). There is a gravestone in the mountain near the house. The place name of Uenodai (now Seongnam-cho) is attached to the father's sonna.

Takinosawa Temple

Takinosawa is known as a cherry blossom viewer long ago and the waterfalls there are quite old, and in the mid-summer, I feel chilly, and thirty-three Kannon is enshrined.
Also, when Iwase Godai who was a side room of Yoshinobu Satake in the old days became unrelated, I built a tea room in this area from the time when I was deposited with Yokote's Suda Mino Safuro, I could love Shiogama Cherry Blossoms. It was conveyed that the Mt. Yokote was a comfort of lonely years of over 30 years.
In order to restore the cherry blossoms and attractions of the waterfall, volunteer volunteers in the Showa era built the thirty-three goddess of great compassion around the falls. Yakuji Yakuro and Otaki Fudo Monolith were also consecrated and restored by Iwao Mossu, which has been reprocessed by municipal volunteers in 1990 and still moss still.

Fees and costs

Admission fee: 100 yen for all 4 buildings
Only on the day of publication, you can see the Kanazawa Museum, Yojiro Ishizaka Literature Memorial Hall, Yokote Castle Observatory and Kamakurakan Fantastic Gallery for 100 yen.

Access

Yokote park (Shiroyama Cho, Yokote, Akita)

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Contact Form

Yokote castle observatory
TEL (+81)182-32-1096

Yokote-shi Yokote Regional Bureau Industry Promotion Division
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