Inewa Castle

Inewa Castle [稲岩莽; いねわ・がり] is a 15th-century castle located in the city of Inewa, Heisai Prefecture. During its lifetime, it was known as Komigaku, and served as the stronghold of the Komi clan during their conquest of the northern coast of the province. The original site was abandoned in the 1600s and became extremely delapidated, but underwent extensive reconstruction in the 1980s and is now open to tourists.
The castle features a large dry moat, twin watchtowers and a belltower, as well as what was once a large storage basement and servants' living quarters. It has two gates, the larger being for nobles and guests, and the humbler one being for workers. Inewa Castle was almost entirely made of stone, as wood was very expensive for the region at the time, and had only a small number of defensive protections.