Hagi castle

萩城 hagi-jô

castle ruin / japanische Burg

built 1604-08 | demolished 1868

Hagi City

Hagi-jô was a castle in the Azuchi-Momoyama style built by general MORI Terumoto in 1608 in the town of Hagi after four years of construction. The white five-storey main tower, which was destroyed in 1874, was almost 15 metres high.