Sagara Castle

Sagara Castle
相良城
Makinohara, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Site of Sagara jin'ya
Site information
Typeflatland-style Japanese castle
Open to
the public
yes
Conditionruins
Location
Sagara Castle
相良城
Sagara Castle
相良城
Coordinates34°41′12.5″N 138°11′53.5″E / 34.686806°N 138.198194°E / 34.686806; 138.198194
Site history
Built1767
Built byTanuma Okitsugu
In useEdo period
Demolished1786

Sagara Castle (相良城, Sagara-jō) was a Japanese castle located in what is now the city of Makinohara, central Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Sagara Castle had been degraded to a jin'ya and was home to the Tanuma clan, daimyō of Sagara Domain.