Kameyama Castle 亀山城

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Kameyama Castle is now headquarters to a religion called Omoto-kyo which acquired the castle property in 1919. Only stone walls and moats remain.Statue of shachihoko.

Kameyama Castle was built by Akechi Mitsuhide in the 16th century as his base for his conquered Tanba region.

Statue of shachihoko roof ornament

Castle compound and moat

Castle moat

Entrance to Omoto-kyo HQ and former castle grounds

Stone foundation

Hiroshige's woodblock print of Kameyama (47th post town on the Tokaido) from his "Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road" series. Kameoka was formerly named Kameyama.

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