Kakizaki clan

Matsumae, Hokkaido

Matsumae Castle

松前城

Built on the shogunate's orders to face down foreign ships, this was the last and northernmost castle built in the traditional Japanese style, with seven gun batteries lined up toward the sea.

Kaminokuni, Hokkaido

Katsuyama-date

上ノ国勝山館

A fort on the Sea of Japan built by the founder of the Matsumae clan, where over 500 bone and antler tools of the kind used by the Ainu turned up among the finds, suggesting Japanese settlers and Ainu lived side by side.

Kaminokuni, Hokkaido

Katsuyama-date

上ノ国勝山館

A fort on the Sea of Japan built by the founder of the Matsumae clan, where over 500 bone and antler tools of the kind used by the Ainu turned up among the finds, suggesting Japanese settlers and Ainu lived side by side.

Hokuto, Hokkaido

Hekirichi Bastion Fort

戸切地陣屋