Otaki Castle

The view from the top of the keep itself is worth the admission fee of two hundred yen.

Ootaki is an old castle town that was ruled by Katsuie Honda, a prominent subordinate of Ieyasu Tokugawa in the late 16th century. The township has preserved many of its Edo period merchant houses. Th...

3-story Castle with a Museum

Chiba is a big prefecture, and I would say this place is located in the middle of it, sort of. The story goes back to the 16th Century. The Hojo family was defeated by Hideyoshi Toyotomi at Odawara,...

A cute little castle

At 4 levels, Otaki Castle is the smallest Japanese castle I've seen. It has great views of the surrounding countryside from the top floor. Artifacts from the castle's history are displayed throughout ...

Cute and small castle

easy to access by car, some bus tour available from Nishi-Funabashi station but it's necessary to book in advance (only in Japanese). Nice walking around and chance to eat deep fried deer meat, very ...

Nice hiking trails around the Otaki castle

The current Otaki castle is a replica (not an accurate one, since there were no blueprints to follow) of the original stronghold of the Satomi clan, who ruled the whole Boso peninsula in the 16th Cent...