Hinoe Castle

Hinoe Castle
日野江城
Minamishimabara, Nagasaki Japan
Aerial view
Site information
Typehirayama-style Japanese castle
Controlled byArima clan
Open to
the public
yes
ConditionArchaeological and designated national historical site; castle ruins
Location
Hinoe Castle
Hinoe Castle
Coordinates32°39′36.04″N 130°15′9.97″E / 32.6600111°N 130.2527694°E / 32.6600111; 130.2527694
Site history
Built1213 -1219
In useSengoku period

The Hinoe Castle (日野江城, Hinoe-jō) was a Sengoku period Japanese castle cemetery located in the Kita-Arima neighbourhood of city of Minamishimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture Japan. Its ruins were designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1972.