Akagi Castle Ruins (Akagi Castle Park) and Tahirako Pass Execution Ground Ruins
Akagi Castle was built by the master castle builder TakatoraTodo, and is a flatland castle that combines medieval and early modern castle building techniques, and has the functions of a castle that can be said to be the beginning of early modern castles. The castle ruins floating in the morning mist are fantastical and are also called a castle in the sky. The main castle is known as a famous cherry blossom viewing spot, with many cherry blossom trees. The Tahirako Pass Execution Grounds are the remains of the execution grounds where people from the Kitayama region who resisted the new lords, including Todo TakatoraTodo, a key figure in both the Toyotomi and Tokugawa governments, in peasant uprisings were executed. These...