page_title: Shiwa Castle
hierarchical_section_title: Shiwa Castle
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: 志波城古代公園
context_page_description: Shiwa Castle was an early Heian period jōsaku-style Japanese castle located in what is now part of the city of Morioka, Iwate Prefecture in the Tōhoku region of far northern Honshu, Japan. The site was proclaimed a National Historic Site of Japan in 1979.
context_section_description: Shiwa Castle (志波城, Shiwa-jō) was an early Heian period jōsaku-style Japanese castle located in what is now part of the city of Morioka, Iwate Prefecture in the Tōhoku region of far northern Honshu, Japan. The site was proclaimed a National Historic Site of Japan in 1979.
caption: 　reconstructed South Gate of Shiwa Castle
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