Guide of the Castle This signboard of the castle says to guide, Kazawa Castle was built here about 1000 years ago. MAP
 
There was a signboard after I rode my bike for half minute from the place the dog lay down. It is this signboard in Japanese. I stopped my bike again to read it. Off course, I can read it, you cannot believe it, most adult Japanese people can read it easily. According to this sign by my poor translation, "The ruins of the Kazaka Castle (Gold-mountain stream Castle) another name Shinonome (East cloud) Castle. In the Heian era (about 800-1200), Kuro who was a follower of Fujiwara Hidehira lived in this castle, there is what he gave his name as Kazawa Izu on a historical documents. In 1340, Chiba Kazusanosuke of the lord of the Usuginu Castle moved to this castle by the command of his boss, Mr. Kasai, according to old documents. Kazawa Izunokami Nobutsune who was a follower of after the Kasai family, was broken by the Date force at his this castle about in 1575, and he was killed in the war at Nukazuka, there is a stone monument for his soul until nowadays in the temple of the yard of Houjyuin. And …(continue)"
  
I mean, it seems to say that gentle dog was living below the castle now. There was an another road from the place in front of the signboard, I thought I tired to go to the ruins of the castle, I made my bike head for there. It arrived there at only 10 seconds. There was a small park that seemed to be able to camp there, Atago Shrine was on the top of the mountain instead of the Kazawa Castle, but nobody was in the park except for me. It was one of the branch shrines of the Atago Shrine all over Japan, but they says the head shrine of Atago Shrine is in the mountain of Kyoto. I watched the real head shrine for the first time by chance on a historical TV drama that I watched every week on this Sunday night. One of famous samurai, Akechi Mitsuhide, had visited the shrine to pray for his win of the war. It was almost the same time when this lord of the castle was killed.