砥石城 米山城跡

A nice walk course! It is fun to walk while thinking about the history. The promenade is well maintained and secure, but please climb with sneakers such as sneakers instead of sandals etc!

I tried to climb the cherry blossoms in full bloom, but Two minutes. Three minutes blooming. A little disappointing. Both climbs and descents are hard.

It is a castle area of ​​a junction point toward the main area of ​​Honjo Castle Yamashiro, who boasts impregnableness, still hurt visitors on steep slopes.

Yoneyama Castle (Komiyama Castle Ruins) (734m/110m) Earthwork, Guo, Moat Castle owner: Mr. Murakami, Mr. Sanada Ueda City Sumiyoshi character whetstone Ueno Shiroyama The famous stage of whetstone collapse With Shinano Murakami Yoshikiyo Place of battle with Shingen Takeda in Kai The weak point of Yoneyama Castle Takeda Shingen who should have cut the water Yoshi Kiyomura puts white rice in a tub Because it was like running water on the back of a horse The Takeda Army, who was watching it in a distant camp, Because I thought the hand of water was a failure It came to be called Yoneyama Castle Ruins. There are many Yamashiro ruins in the Ueda and Ogata districts, but no other castle like the Whetstone castle ruins has been confronted four times during the Warring States period. In addition, the grindstone castle is a mountain castle that is extremely important for the development of Mr. Sanada. Shingen Takeda of Kai (Yamanashi Prefecture) in 1950 (Astronomy 19) attacked the whetstone castle protected by Yoshimasa Murakami (lord of Katsurao of Sakashiro) with a large army for more than a month, but it was solid. I couldn't capture it because of Yamashiro, but I was defeated. The following year, Yukitaka Sanada, who is under Takeda, hijacked Whetstone Castle due to his good strategy. Then, during the first Ueda battle in 1585, Masayuki's eldest son, Nobuyuki (no), was guarding the important stone stone castle behind Ueda Castle. Furthermore, during the second Ueda battle in the 1600th year of Keicho, Masayuki's second son, Nobutushige (Yukimura) stayed up, but his brother, Nobuyuki, who was on his side in Tokugawa later entered the castle. In this way, the whetstone castle that held the northern half of the Ueda Basin became a battleground between Murakami, Takeda, Sanada, and Tokugawa. The whetstone castle ruins were built using the ridge of Higashitaro Mountain that rises in the northeast of the Ueda Basin. It is a large-scale group of Yamashiro that spans the three villages of Hatayama, Iseyama, and Kongoji Temple. There are Masugata Castle in the north, the Toishi Castle in the south, and Yoneyama Castle in the southwest. Yoneyama Castle-Go down the steep slope to the southwest from Whetstone Castle. There is a village of Kongoji in the western valley, and the place names that are often found in the ruins of castles, such as the entrance of the Jyodai mansion and the hut, are also left. Yoneyama Castle said that the horse's back was washed with white rice in order to show to the enemy that black rice burned in the war was unearthed and that there was a lot of water in the castle when it was at the water stop of the enemy It is also famous for having the legend of Shiromai Castle. Quote

15 minutes from the parking lot The last climb is a steep climb (with a detour), and it seems to slip with athletic shoes lol The cherry blossoms in Ueda Castle have fallen, but it was in full bloom when it came to this point.

Be careful with the shoes as it will be a little mountain climbing. There is a cane at the top of the hill, so we recommend you to borrow it. It was fun to imagine the age of Haruka Murakami and Sanada. But I will not give up the course

About 4 km from the Ueda Bus ? "Hinosawa" stop. I didn't meet anyone at the remains of Yoneyama Castle and Toishi Castle ?. The climb was surprisingly difficult, but it was a fun walk. After that, I walked a little less than 5 km and headed for Yukimura Yume Kobo.

"Don't lick" between the parking lot and the tower Before, I came in with my motorcycle boots and said, "I couldn't slip. Bring "walking shoes" and "Paul" to revenge. To be honest, it's a mountain that I climb on a field trip of a local elementary school student. If you go to the fork on the left, you will see the "Yoneyama site". If you go to the right, you will see the "Hitoishi Castle site". Both are in Yamashiro, and steep uphill slopes are the greatest defense. You can't climb with a horse, and Ashigaru can't run up at once. It’s very very hard to wear armor helmet. I wonder if I stopped "10 times" while saying "Ikkyu". But what I came across on such a steep slope is the "Mountain Marathon Runner". "I'm running" on the slope I'm climbing while breathing out It's amazing how many people thought that a "castle" would be built in such a place, but "the one who runs up" is also amazing. If you think about it, it's amazing how "Hikyaku" was used in the Edo period. Let me briefly explain. "Hotoshijo" is a mountain castle built by the land-owned "Yoshikiyo Murakami", and consists of four "castles" including "Yoneyama Castle", "Honjo" and "Masugata Castle". Later, "Yukitaka Sanada" succeeded in taking over the political strategy. Have the son "Masayuki" protect "Yoneyama Castle". The view was good because it was on a hill, and it was also used as a "Wolmandai." I don't have a "water supply"?