Hirado Castle

Hirado Castle 平戸城
Hirado, Nagasaki prefecture, Japan
Keep of Hirado Castle
A 16th-century French depiction of Hirado Castle based on eyewitness accounts
Site information
Type	Hirayama-style Japanese castle
Open to the public	yes
Condition	reconstruction from 1962
Location
Hirado Castle 平戸城 Show map of Nagasaki Prefecture Hirado Castle 平戸城 Show map of Japan
Coordinates	33°22′07″N 129°33′27″E / 33.368575°N 129.557567°E / 33.368575; 129.557567
Site history
Built	1718 (original) 1962 (rebuild)
Built by	Matsura Takashi
In use	Edo period
Demolished	1872 (original)

Hirado Castle (平戸城, Hirado-jō) was the seat of the Matsura clan, the daimyō of Hirado Domain, of Hizen Province, Kyūshū. It is located in present-day Hirado city Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. It was also known as Kameoka Castle (亀岡城, Kameoka-jō).