Akatani Castle
赤谷城
Akatani Castle is a historic mountaintop ruin with a dramatic tale of samurai resistance.
What it is
- A mountaintop castle, also known as Sekigamine Castle.
- Built in 1182 by Jō Nagamochi.
- Jō Nagamochi enshrined Myōken Daibosatsu here.
- Later became the Odagiri clan's castle.
What to see
- Castle ruins on a 205-meter-high hill.
- Site of a three-day resistance against Uesugi Kagekatsu.
Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.
Where it is
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