Kasama Castle (笠間城, Kasama-jō) is a Japanese castle located in Kasama, central Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Kasama Castle was home to a junior branch of Makino clan, daimyō of Kasama Domain, but castle and domain went through many changes in clans during the early Edo period. | ||||||
Type: mountain-style Japanese castle | ||||||
Built: 1219 | ||||||
Builder: Kasama Tomonari | ||||||