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Kurakake Castle Ruins and Old Battlefield Ruins

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  • 1. Kurakake Castle Ruins and Old Battlefield Ruins

An old castle built at the end of mid-century on Mt. Kurakake 240m above from the ground.

It was owned by a samurai lord Takayasu during Ouchi Yoshitaka's era and got attacked by Mori army in 1555.

There is a Sennin-zuka (1000 people's memorial mound) in the battlefield ruins.

Basic Information

Location Kugacho Kurakake, Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi Prefecture
Access (1) 30 minutes walk from JR Iwatoku line Kuga station
Office of Inquiry Iwakuni City Kuga General Branch Regional Promotion Section Tel. No. 0827-82-2511