Ōno Castle (Echizen Province)

Ōno Castle (大野城), also known as Kameyama Castle, is a mountaintop castle, or yamashiro, located in Ōno, former Echizen Province, today a part of Fukui Prefecture, Japan.

History
Kanamori Nagachika was stationed in this area by Oda Nobunaga. Nagachika built Echizen Ōno Castle in 1576 before he was transferred to Takayama Castle in 1586, and from this point on, the castle switched between lords many times. The castle burned down in 1775, and was partially re-constructed in 1795, with the keep, or tenshu, left in ruins. During the Meiji Restoration, all the wooden buildings were torn down. In 1968, the tenshu was rebuilt out of concrete.