Hikone Castle
Hikone Castle (彦根城)
Information :
Many parts of the main castle were relocated from Otsu castle(Shiga). Stone walls were moved from Sawayama castle owned by Mitsunari Ishida.This castle is one of the 12 existing main castles in Japan and? one of four castles designated as the national treasure.
Built in : 1622
The main lord of a castle : Naosuke Ii
In Use : Until 1874
Hours : 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Fee : 600 yen
Address
1-1 Konki town, Hikone city, Shiga
Access
10 min walk from Hikone Sta. (JR Tokaido line)
Map / Print
There is the landscape garden Genkyuen located right next to Hikone castle. Many restaurants, Japanease sweets stores and souvenir shops are lined on Oldnew town "Yumekyobashi castle road". If you go to the end of this street from Hikone castle, it becomes very far from Hikone Station. When going there, I walked a lot to go back to the station but missed a train.