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Le château en bref
Kanbara Castle (蒲原城, Kanbara-jō) lies in the Kanbara-Zenpukuji area of Shimizu Ward, Shizuoka. This mountain castle (yamajiro) follows a ridge overlooking the mouth of the Fuji River and the Tōkaidō road. According to the municipal presentation, it was built by the Imagawa at the beginning of the Tenbun era (1532-1555), while another tradition attributes it to Kanbara Ujikane, son of Imagawa Norikuni, in the 14th century. An Imagawa stronghold defended with the support of the Hōjō against Takeda Shingen, it was captured by the Takeda on 6 December 1569, and Yamagata Masakage installed a garrison there. Retaken in 1582 during the Oda and Tokugawa offensive against the Takeda, it was abandoned that same year. It retains a summit enclosure, outer enclosures, stone walls and dry moats, some sections of which were restored after excavations. A historic site of Shizuoka City, it can be visited freely; a Hachiman shrine occupies the summit.