This post is part of a series called Japan 2017
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- Hie shrine
- Akasaka Hikawa Shrine
- Hibiya park
- Fuji Five Lakes
- Shiraito Falls
- Yamadaya Hotel
- Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha
- Kaminoyu Onsen
- Minobusan Kuonji
- Shimobe Onsen and Hayakawa Valley
- Aburaya
- Suwako
- Takashima castle
- Suwa Taisha
- Manji Stone Buddha
- Kiso Valley: Ono-no-taki, Nezame-no-toko, Kiso-no-kakehashi
- Kiso-Fukushima
- From Kiso Valley to Shirahone Onsen
- Matsumoto
- Kiyosato Seisenryo
- Yatsugatake
- Shosenkyo
- Takeda Jinja
- Keitokuin
- Saruhashi
- Kofu castle
Maizuru castle park, or Kofu castle, is located on a small hill just outside JR Kofu station, so I made it my last stop on 2017 Yamanashi-Nagano road trip itinerary, spending a leisurely couple of hours here after dropping off my car and before hopping on a train back to Tokyo.
As far as Japanese castles go, there isn’t much to see here. No tenshu, only one reconstructed yagura (housing a museum that was already closed at the time of my visit), some gates and fortifications. But it’s a nice park with beautiful city views from the top of the hill, and that alone makes it worth visiting in any season – although, of course, springtime is said to be the best with all the sakuras in and around.





