Tottori Castle Ruins (Kyusho Park)
鳥取城跡・久松公園
A castle site on Kyusho Mountain with rare 'spherical stone walls'; the honmaru at the summit overlooks Tottori city and the distant sand dunes.
Tottori Castle was built on Kyusho Mountain. In the Sengoku period, Toyotomi Hideyoshi carried out the famous Tottori Starvation Siege here, cutting off supplies to the defenders. In the Edo period it was the seat of the Ikeda domain. The towering surviving stone walls and the reconstructed Ōte approach road and gates remain. The 'spherical stone wall' is a circular retaining wall found nowhere else in Japan. At the foot of the hill, Kyusho Park is a cherry-blossom spot. The summit honmaru ruins, about 260 m high, take roughly 40 minutes to climb and offer views of the city, Lake Koyama and the Sea of Japan. Admission is free, and the site is next to Jinpukaku.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Jinpukaku
- Kannon-in Garden
- Tottori Folkcraft Museum
- The Sand Museum
- Tottori Sand Dunes
- Tottori Port Seafood Market Karoichi
- Uradome Coast
- Hakuto Shrine