Kamioka Castle — Attraction in Hida

It is a small and cute castle situated on top of the hill. Has a wonderful and majestic view of the town in the valley. I drove from Hida just because I was curious and I was not disappointed. They do close at 4 PM so make sure you get there before closing time. The view was really nice and calming, not much people and the other visitors were local tourist. Nice place to go if you want off the beaten path spots since it’s an easy drive from Hida...

Extensive archeological work has been undertaken in this beautiful part of the Japanese Alps. It is documented in this Castle museum with detailed English descriptions. There are displays of artefacts from 3000BC found on the site and in depth historical accounts of of every subsequent era. Certainly worth a detour off the usual...

神岡城は元は武田信玄が越中への侵攻目的のために作られた拠点城である。江馬 時盛（えま...