Hamada Castle

Castle ruins in Hamada, Japan

34°54′10.47″N 132°4′23.97″E / 34.9029083°N 132.0733250°E / 34.9029083; 132.0733250TypeMountaintop-style castleSite informationOwnerHonda clanConditionruinsSite historyBuilt1620Built byFuruta ShigeharuMaterialsStone wallsDemolished1866Garrison informationPast
commandersFuruta Shigeharu

Hamada Castle (浜田城, Hamada-jō) is a castle structure in Hamada, Shimane Prefecture, Japan.^[1]^[2]

Current

The castle is now only ruins, with some stone walls and earthworks.^[3] In 2017, the castle was listed as one of the Continued Top 100 Japanese Castles.^[4]

Gokoku Shrine

Hamada Gokoku Shrine
濱田護國神社
Religion
Affiliation	Shinto
Type	Gokoku shrine (Formerly Shokonsha)
Glossary of Shinto

Hamada Gokoku Shrine [ja] is a Shinto shrine located in Japan. It is a Beppyo shrine, or a shrine that is particularly notable in a certain way with a significant history to it.^[5] It is a Gokoku Shrine, or a shrine dedicated to war dead.^[6] Such shrines were made to serve to enshrine the war dead, and they were all considered "branches" of Yasukuni Shrine. They were renamed from Shokonsha in 1939.^[7] It is located in the ruins of Hamada Castle.^[8]^[6]

References

^ "浜田城" (in Japanese). 浜田市観光協会 Official. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
^ "浜田城" (in Japanese). 浜田開府400年. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
^ "浜田城跡" (in Japanese). 攻城団. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
^ "続日本100名城" (in Japanese). 日本城郭協会. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
^ "別表神社とは？御朱印めぐりに参考になる「別表神社一覧」とマップ | 開運戦隊ゴシュインジャー". jinja-gosyuin.com. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
^ ^a ^b https://www.kankou-hamada.org.e.aew.hp.transer.com/guidepost/6214
^ TAKAYAMA, K. PETER (1990). "Enshrinement and Persistency of Japanese Religion". Journal of Church and State. 32 (3): 527–547. ISSN 0021-969X.
^ "Ruins of Hamada Castle". handejapan19.html.xdomain.jp. Retrieved 2023-10-21.