Kakegawa Castle

Oct. 29,
Kakegawa Castle

After several months of living in Kakegawa, I finally make it to the castle thanks to my visiting colleagues. I have waited to visit the castle on just the right occasion. I have seen busloads of tourists arriving to visit the castle. Kakegawa is presently enjoying popularity due to the NHK (Japan’s national television station) broadcast of a historical drama, Ko Myo Gatsuji, which was shot at the castle. Kakegawa castle was once the summer villa of the famous shogun, Tokugawa Ieyasu, who battled over it Kakegawa was of strategic significance since it was a transport hub on the Tokaido way during the late 1500’s. The castle is also famous for being the first wooden castle built in Japan.












It was a lot smaller than I imagined and was a fraction of the size of Nagoya’s castle. The view around Kakegawa was interesting, so I took several pictures and tried to figure out where I was living. I notice a similar fish like statue resembling Nagoya’s dolphin and it appears they are also positioned atop the castle roof. It did not take us long to check out the castle, so it was off for some brews in town and lots of chit chat, sharing teaching tales of trauma.


















My favorite cycling route along the river.










I think I live out 1 kilometre in this direction.

Castle Gates