Sadowara Castle

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Sadowara Castle (佐土原城, Sadowara-jō) is a Japanese castle located in the Sadowara neighborhood of the city of Miyazaki, Miyazaki Prefecture, on the island of Kyushu, Japan. It is also called Tsurumatsu Castle (鶴松城, Tsurumatsu-jō), and later Shōkaku Castle (松鶴城, Shōkaku-jō). During the Sengoku period, it was the stronghold of the Itō clan and later was controlled by the Shimazu clan. Shimazu Toyohisa was command of the castle. During the Edo period, the castle was headquarters of Sadowara Domain, which ruled portions of Hyūga Province (modern-day Miyazaki) from 1603 to 1871. The castle site has been a National Historic Site since 2004. Sadowara Castle is located on Mount Kakusho, a 100-meter hill in the center of Sadowara town, 15 kilometer north from the urban center of Miyazaki city. The plateau area between the Hitotsuse River and Ōyodo River north of Miyazaki city was historically the stronghold of the Itō clan from the Kamakura period. Sadowara Castle is in the middle of north line of plateau, at entrance of small valley controlling access to the top of plateau. It is thought Sadowara Castle is used as a residence and administrative base to manage commercial town and river port, and Tonokōri Castle about five kilometers to the east was the main military base.