Karasuyama Castle
There was an old castle in Nasukarasuyama. At the time this region was named Shimo-tsuke province (means land), whose size was nearly the same as current Tochigi.
The last feudal load who lived in Karasuyama castle and ruled this country was Ohkubo clan (means kind of whole of a samurai family and vassals in this case).
According to the Meiji restoration(means establish a new Meiji government, but I feel sure it's a kind of revolution though), the castle was abandoned in 1869 in a couple years later of it. It was no way caused by our Krasuyama took sides with the old Tokugawa government structure, that's a head of samurai clan in Edo era.
In 1872 the San-no-maru palace (the third part of protective structure and building of the main castle) collapsed due to the weight of heavy snow.
In 1873 a fire swept through the remaining structures except for one gate. At present it has been kept as a personal property.
The site Shiroyama mountain is now a park covered by cedar trees, with some remaining mossy stone walls and outer moats. The magnificent wide shape of the Shiroyama mountain still reminds us the existence of the brave clan with long tradition.
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