Maruoka Castle

Edward C. 6 months ago

📖 This is one of the “12 remaining Tenshu” (historical castles). In there you will be able to get to know more about its unusual techniques to build it, history of how they restored the castle after earthquake, and most importantly to touch and feel the building yourself, from the base of well-fitted stones up to the wooden structures, it’s literally an art given the technology back then 400+ years ago. 🎟️ Entry ticket contains castle visit along two other indoor museums (History museum and the “Brief message from the heart museum”) It’s definitely an underrated castle to visit in Japan, highly recommended. 🅿️ Parking: It’s easy to get a parking slot down at the entrance during weekdays, there’s 40 parking space. Further parking spaces are located at the other museum which is just 3mins walk away. (You may visit the official website to find out more)

Rtexal Tan 8 months ago

It was a small castle, worth visiting if you are in the area and usually there's no crowd. Keep in mind that you must not have issues with steep steps (see the picture of what u need to climb up to reach the highest level). The main significance is that this is one of the 12 remaining castles in its original form in Japan. It seems like there's a light display at night too!

Molly Minamyer 10 months ago

Smaller than some other Japanese castles, but still offers a beautiful view of Fukui and the grounds are great to explore. The museum close by can be accessed with a combination ticket and is a quick but fun way to learn some of the local history

Judy OBrien a year ago

Maruoka castle is one of the twelve original castles left in Japan and maybe one of the least visited due to its location. There is only a model of the castle on the first floor of the keep, the rest of the building is empty. You have to take off your shoes when you enter but slippers are provided. The staircases are really steep, there are ropes to help you. From the top you can see over the whole of Sakai City.

Robert Dykes 4 years ago

(visits: 1) (castles 60+) pretty decent castle. More popular than I was expecting. Lots of people there for a castle this size. Had English brochure. But no other English. Nice castle park. The castle itself is 45o yen which is a bit pricey for the amount of stuff to see, but you get a nice book mark type ticket. Pretty nice. I have been to castle ruins that were nothing but a few rocks in the woods and they charged 450 yen. I heard this is the oldest original castle in Japan and I think that's why it's popular. But I also recently heard they found some construction here that dates much younger than originally thought, and I think this castle has lost its "oldest" it original crown. Good view at the top, but sorry, Fukui doesn't look that awesome from here. No rivers or close up mountains like you would see from the top of Inuyama castle.