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A mountain in Minamiuonuma with the Sakado castle site at its summit and dogtooth violets in spring.
About this place
A mountain in Minamiuonuma with the ruins of Sakado Castle, the seat of the Ueda Nagao family in the Sengoku period. Higuchi Yoroku Kanetsugu, who became Naoe Yamashiro-no-kami Kanetsugu, was born in Eiroku 3 in the castle town of Sakado. The lord of the castle at the time was Nagao Masakage, whose son was Kagekatsu. It is a 20-minute walk from the east exit of JR Muikamachi Station, and free of charge.
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