[2025 Nakagusuku Attraction] Travel Guide for Nakagusuku Castle Ruins (Updated Mar)

#getgoing2025 The ruins of Nakajo Castle began to be built in the middle of the 14th century and were completed by Gosamaru from Zakimi Castle in 1440. It was built vertically on a hill at an altitude of 160 metres, and the prototype was also preserved because it escaped the fire of war. The attraction is that you can observe all the masonry at once, such as the field area of the south enclosure, the cloth stacking of the first and second enclosures, and the partner stacking of the third and north enclosures. In 1853, Perry's expeditions also had an Egyptian-style back door and a castle with beautiful curves, two wells and eight places of worship. You can walk on the stone walls of the first and second walls, but you can't climb the stone walls of the third.

#FuriTabiWinter Okinawa's castles are called Gusuku "Gu" means stone and "Suku" means enclosed area It has a completely different history and culture from the mainland, and instead of straight stone walls and moats, it has curved and majestic stone walls ﹢﹒ ✦⊹﹒ ﹢﹒ ✦⊹﹒ ﹢﹒ ✦⊹﹒ ﹢﹒ ✦⊹﹒ ﹢﹒ ✦ ◼︎Nakagusuku Castle Ruins Located on a hill 160 meters above sea level along Nakagusuku Bay on the east coast of Okinawa Island ◼︎Shuri Castle Park Shureimon A ceremonial Chinese-style multicolored wooden gate standing close to Shuri Castle ◼︎Shuri Castle Park Sonohyan Utaki Stone Gate Located just past Shureimon Used as a place of worship for the royal family ◼︎Nakijin Castle Ruins A gusuku site located on a hill about 100 meters above sea level The beautiful stone walls are about 1.5 km long #Naha #OkinawaTrip #OkinawaTourism #CastleTour #DomesticTrip #GirlsTrip #SoloTrip

🍍One of the famous ruins of the Ryukyu Kingdom, the adult ticket is 400 yen, you can walk around slowly and carefully. 🍍The remaining ruins can still be seen as grand as that time, and the ruins are located at a high place, overlooking the surrounding city scenery. 🍍There are some stairs in the ruins that are not easy to walk, but there is a free shuttle bus next to the ticket office and you can drive directly to the mountain. You don’t have to climb very hard, and the slope of the stairs is lower than that of Shuri Castle. The scenery is very good. Please pay attention to the leg strength and physical strength of the elders. #OkinawaAttractions

#okinawatrip Nakagusuku Castle Remains or Nakagusuku Castle Ruins was probably from the castle which was built around 14th century. It is still unknown for the size or scale of the castle at that time. Because its important location in relations to Shuri Castle, it seems that the Castle was expanded a few times as the defense blocking point to against the invaders. The Castle was mainly built with huge stone cuts and was believed that it used hundreds or thousands of labors or prisoners to build the Castle. In 1853, when U.S. Naval General Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry visited Okinawa, he did stop by Nakagusuku Castle Remains and was impressed with building structure, techniques, and sturdiness. Visitors or tourists can take free golfcart rides from entrance gate to the top of Castle Ruins. Compared to other castle remains or ruins, Nakagusuku Castle Remains has better paved steps and roads, and it has better safety handrail for visitors to work up the castle top. Entrance fee is $ 400 Yen for adult and $ 200 to $300 Yen for students.