Site of Jindaiji-Jō Castle

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Original Text

It will be in the aquatic botanical garden. Enter the botanical garden and climb the slope on your right, but there is no line or line. There is only something that makes you think, "Is that the foundation where the castle was?" In a place like a field. When I checked with a person who seemed to be a manager who happened to be, it was the same. There is no signboard (explanation board), so it may be a little difficult to understand.

The green is beautiful.

Original Text

Immediately after entering the aquatic botanical garden near Jindaiji Temple, you will get off at a small slope to the right. In the middle of the slope, there was a soba field in a local elementary school. The castle ruins were pleasant with beautiful green lawns.

Inside the Shendai Aquatic Botanical Garden

Original Text

It is a nationally designated historic site in the Kamidai Aquatic Botanical Garden. Turn right from the entrance of the botanical garden and climb the hill. There were few people and it was peaceful.

I can only imagine the time from a few remains.

Original Text

It is the site of the castle building in the early Sengoku period, which is left in a small mountain on the south side of the ancient temple Jindaiji Temple (about 50m above sea level). Enter from the gate of the aquatic botanical garden and go up the mountain road. This is the place where Mr. Ogitani Uesugi, who was competing for hegemony in the southern Kanto region with Mr. Odawara Hojo, restored the remains of the castle owner unknown, which was originally located here, and used it as a pre-defense base against Mr. Hojo. In the end, the Uesugi side was directly attacked by Mr. Hojo by Kawagoe Castle, his home base, and lost and followed the road of disappearance, so Jindaiji Castle was abandoned. ...

Castle ruins

Original Text

I took a bus from Mitaka Station. It is next to the aquatic botanical garden of Kamidai Botanical Garden. It's a little disappointing that there was no history of the castle. Since there is a hollow moat, I think that the image of the castle ruins can be made a little 〇