Fujimi Yagura Ruins

Original Text

I found it by chance while walking. Is it part of Kawagoe Castle? Did you see Fuji from here? It must have been a small high place.

Original Text

　I was walking south from Kawagoe Castle Honmaru Palace to Kitain. Next to the road, a stone monument called Kawagoe Castle Fujimi turret stood. This Fujimi turret was the highest point in Kawagoe Castle, and it was a scaffolding for watch and defense. I was able to climb from the place where the stone monument was located to the high place, but now there was nothing.

Original Text

It was an existing yagura at the site of Edo Jo castle since then, and Tenshu was not rebuilt after the great fire of the meiraku, but the yagura was rebuilt and replaced Tenshu. It was damaged by the Great Kanto Earthquake, but it was restored, and the air raid at the end of the Pacific War survived. The origin of the name is literally because I could see Mt. Fuji from the turret. Currently, the buildings are lined up and you cannot see them, but the name remains as it is. The place names related to Edo Castle still remain here and there in Tokyo.

Original Text

Based on the "Kawagoe Walking Map", I walked toward the "Fujimi Tower Ruins", but now there is only a small sign that says "Fujimi Tower Ruins" standing in the planting. I was a little out of tune

Original Text

I happened to find it while walking along the street on the south side of the Honmaru Palace site. Kawagoe Castle, which did not build the castle tower, was the pioneer point of watchdog and defense instead of the castle tower. It is said that it was especially magnificent of three turrets in the four corners, and it is located on the highest southwestern hill in Kawagoe facing the moat surrounding the main enclosure, and as the name suggests, Mt. Fuji was seen. Because of the deep connection with the Edo Bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a Shogun), the castle was demolished quickly in the Meiji Restoration, so the remains were ...