You can visit the castle ruins from Mito Station through the road which goes on the big valley between the left and right hills. Surprisingly, it is artificial.
Mito Castle was located in the modern day Mito City which is the capital of Ibaraki Prefecture. The castle became the home base of the Mito-Tokugawa Clan, one of the three branches of the Tokugawa Shogun family. However, the castle looked very different from those of the other branches the shogun.
水戸城は、現在は茨城県の県庁所在地となっている水戸市にありました。この城は将軍家に次ぐ徳川御三家の一つ、水戸徳川家の本拠地となっていました。しかしこの城は、他の御三家や将軍の本拠地とは随分と違った外観をしていました。
There are many stones lying on the Main Enclosure. This is because officials are repairing the stone walls of the enclosure, which Takamasa Mori built.
The path to the top becomes zigzagging and the highlight of the castle, the great Ano-zumi high stone walls appear soon.
Local lords in Kusu area built their own castles using mesas or buttes which were the area’s natural features. Tsunomure Castle was one of these castles.
Nakatsu City planned to replace old stones with new ones to re-pile the walls because it didn’t think the stones were original. The construction was just on the point of starting.