Historic Ruins
◎ 100 Famous Castles
Hagi Castle
萩城
Built by Mori Terumoto after the Battle of Sekigahara on a peninsula surrounded by river and sea in Hagi. The Choshu domain (Hagi) clan who toppled the Tokugawa shogunate in 1868 were raised here; the castle ruins are a UNESCO World Heritage tentative site.
| Japanese Name | 萩城 |
|---|---|
| Prefecture | Yamaguchi Prefecture (山口県) |
| Region | Chugoku (中国) |
| Castle Type | Coastal Castle |
| Year Built | 1604 |
| Designation | 100名城 |
| Coordinates | 34.4083, 131.3817 |