Toyota-City Asuke Castle

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Watching Over the Town of Asuke, a Authentically Recreated Mountain Castle from the Warring States Period

The former Asuke Castle was where the Suzuki Clan of Asuke resided and expanded their influence by gaining dominion over powerful village leaders in the surrounding area. The original construction period of Asuke Castle is unknown, but the rebuilt Asuke Castle represents the last years of the castle in the style of the late 16th century. This is the first mountain castle in Japan to have been rebuilt based on excavations.

SPOT OVERVIEW

Location	: 〒444-2424 39-2 Suzawa, Asuke-cho, Toyota-City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Fee	: Adults 300 yen Senior high school students 100 yen (junior high school students and younger free of charge)
Opening days / hours	: 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM (last admission 4:00 PM)

Parking	: Available, free of charge (cap. 50 cars) (Number of bus parking spaces changes depending on the number of passenger cars)
Restrooms	: Available
Holidays	: Thursdays (except during Golden Week holidays and November, when it is open everyday) Year's end and New Year (December 25 to January 5.)
Phone number	: 0565-62-0770
Other	: Castle stamps are available for purchase
LINK	Official Facility Web Site Korankei Page on Aichi Now Asuke Townscape Page on Aichi Now Sanshu Asuke Yashiki Page on Aichi Now

Note: This page may not be current due to update time differences between site databases.
Should accuracy be critical, please verify this information using a direct source, whenever possible.

ACCESS

Access by public transport

1-From Nagoya Station, board the Higashiyama Line subway and alight at Fushimi Station.
2-Change trains to the Tsurumai Line bound for Akaike and Toyotashi (may require changing trains again in Akaike - if changing trains in Akaike is not desirable, board the train bound for Toyotashi Station from Fushimi Station).
3-Alight at Josui Station and, from the North Side Bus Platforms, board the Toyota Oiden Bus Sanage-Asuke Line bound for Hyakunenso (さなげ-足助線 [百年草方面]) Sanage-Asuke-sen - Hyakunenso-homen).
4-Ride for 58 min. (fee 500 yen), get off at Ichi-no-Taniguchi (一の谷口) and walk 30 min. (1.5km) eastwards (uphill climb, altitude difference of approx. 151m).
(Reference: http://michinavitoyota.jp/portal/bus.html)
Access by car

Approx. 30 min. from Chikaraishi I.C. of the Sanage Green Road.

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