Monday, September 21, 2026 Search My Trip EnglishChinese
World news · travel · culture
Taiwan The Taiwan Times
Taiwan's window to the world
Castle

Ōtawara Castle

Japan · Asia

Ōtawara Castle

About

Ōtawara Castle (Ōtawara -jō) is a Japanese castle located in Ōtawara, southern Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. Throughout the Edo period, Ōtawara Castle was home to a branch of the Ōtawara clan, daimyō of Ōtawara Domain. It was also called the "Dragon Castle" (Ryū-jō)

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

More castles in Japan