Site of Ikewada Castle - Ichihara

Than see the shrine only, around the remains will pull the eye

The site of Ikewada Castle where Mr. Satomi and Mr. Gojou played a close-up. Simple and easy to enter, but watch out for spider webs

I started climbing the side road from the national highway and entering the concrete gray road where the private house was seen. After the rain, the soil is muddy and the ocher ground is stone, so you should walk there. The ruins of the castle are shrines.

There is a castle entrance at the end of the side road from Otaki Highway Gohojo also attacked Kenjo, but he encountered a wild boar on the way and retreated. You can get the Mijo seal at Saze Castle Toe.

Things to think about the ruins of Ikewada Castle This Shiroyama is not a steep mountain, and it seems unsuitable for a castle, but it seems to be a good location for highway monitoring, probably because the old road to Otaki runs through the foot of the mountain. However, the ruins of the castle are covered with deep forest except for the main part, and the whole picture cannot be seen. There is a very small shrine at the site of the main enclosure, which makes it even more lonely. On the slope in front of the torii gate of the shrine, there is a ground that looks like a koguchi, but it has been exposed to the wind and rain for many years, and it looks like a swelling of smooth soil. Later, I also browsed the research materials, and it seems that the territory of the castle is well made, but overall, this castle has the impression that the scale of Shiroyama is too small. What is more impressive in the vicinity is the view on the east side of the tunnel on the road that runs between the Tsurumai Public Hall in Ichihara City and the entrance to the castle, rather than the ruins of the castle. Even though the altitude was not so high, I was able to see the scenery reminiscent of a mountainous area for a while. (Do not stop except for two-wheeled vehicles. If you are not careful, oncoming vehicles will come.) Wouldn't it have been better to build a castle on the cliffs of this road? Yes, I suddenly thought. In that sense, I am impressed that the Tsurumai Jinya of Inoue, who entered the prefecture in the early Meiji era, was a well thought out one.

Time is the Warring States period. Mr. Taga, who had power in this area, built a castle in Ikewada as a fortress. Then, as time passed, Mr. Hojo, who had extended his power from Suruga, expanded his power to the South Kanto region. A fierce battle with Mr. Satomi of Awa and Mr. Takeda of Kazusa. Ikewada Castle, which was a solid fortress, survived the war many times without being attacked. But it's too late. An insider with the Hojo set fire to the castle. "Ore musician! Everyone, catch me!" The time passed mercilessly, and the castle was burnt down. The time is now. The remains of the castle ruins are in the bush. Local residents solicited Tenjin to set up a small shrine and torii gate. Since it is Tenjin-sama, we have planted plum trees. Some cherry blossoms are also planted. However, it is buried because the bush grows fast. If academic excavation is done, the remains should be revived, but they remain untouched.

With the monument to the castle and the guide to the castle built by local volunteers, you won't get lost. But if there is a spectacular remains ...