Castle & Palace · Gyoda
Oshi Castle (Gyoda City Local Museum) 忍城（行田市郷土博物館）
The 'floating castle' of the 1590 siege, with a rebuilt three-tier turret you can climb as part of the city museum.
Hours9:00-16:30 (last entry 16:00)
ClosedMondays (open if holiday), day after holidays, 4th Fridays, New Year
PriceAdult: ¥200
High school/university: ¥100
Elementary/junior high: ¥50
High school/university: ¥100
Elementary/junior high: ¥50
Getting thereGyoda-shi Station (Chichibu Railway), 15 min; bus from JR Gyoda
Time needed1-2 hours
Address17-23 Honmaru, Gyoda, Saitama 361-0052
About
Oshi Castle famously survived Ishida Mitsunari's flooding siege in 1590, told in the film 'The Floating Castle'. A three-storey turret rebuilt in 1988 stands with the Gyoda City Local Museum; one ticket covers the museum and the climb to the turret. Continued 100 Fine Castles.
Highlights
- Continued 100 Fine Castles
- Climbable rebuilt turret
- Story of the 1590 water siege
Tips
- Closed Mondays, day after holidays and 4th Fridays
- Combine with Sakitama Kofun Park
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