Chapter 03 · Experiences
No. 07
History and heritage
Sumpu: Ieyasu's last castle
駿府・家康最後の城
Ieyasu came to Sumpu as a boy hostage and returned as the retired shogun who still ran Japan. Walk his castle grounds, then the craft village nearby.
時刻表Timetable
- 所要Duration
- 3 hours, or a full day with Takumi-shuku
- 季節Season
- All year; cherry blossom in late March.
- 人数Group
- 1–12 guests
- 移動Getting there
- By trainBy train: the shinkansen or JR line from Atami to Shizuoka, then on foot. Fares are paid on the day.
- 集合Meeting point
- Shizuoka Station, north exit.
- 料金Price
- Guide fee, from ¥5,000 each with your stay
Add a paid tour and the stay is 10% less; discounts don't combine
Reserve
Choose a day, and book it
Finding the open days…
The story
Ieyasu came to Sumpu as a boy hostage and came back as the retired shogun who still ran the country. Walk the rebuilt gates and turrets and the excavated base of his keep, then spend the afternoon at Takumi-shuku's workshops twenty minutes away.
Tokugawa Ieyasu spent twelve years of his boyhood in Sumpu as a hostage. Half a century later, having handed the title of shogun to his son, he came back in 1607 and ruled from here until he died in 1616.
The castle grounds are a park now, with a rebuilt gate and two turrets, and the stone base of the keep laid open by excavation. Shizuoka is under an hour from Atami by shinkansen, so it makes an easy morning, with a craft workshop at Takumi-shuku in the afternoon if you like.
Rebuilt gates and turrets, the excavated base of the keep, and Takumi-shuku's workshops twenty minutes away.
路線図
The route
Times are a guide; the day bends to the weather.
Start
Higashi-gomon gate and the turrets
東御門と櫓
1 h
Rebuilt with traditional joinery.
+1:00
The keep's excavated base
天守台の発掘跡
45 min
Stonework from Ieyasu's castle and the one before it.
+1:45Finish
Ieyasu's statue
家康像
15 min
The bronze of the old shogun in the park, a good place to finish the story.
Good to know
Included
- Your host as guide, in English or Japanese
- A route planned around your group and the weather
- Help booking tickets and restaurant tables
Not included
- Travel: train fares, fuel and tolls for your own car, or the hire car
- Admissions, boats and workshops, paid on the day
- Meals and drinks
- Price
- Guide fee per person, tax included. With your stay: ¥10,000 for one guest, ¥7,500 each for two, ¥5,000 each for three to twelve. Tour only: ¥10,000 each, for two guests or more. Admissions, partner fees, meals and travel are paid on the day. Book a paid tour with your stay and the stay itself is 10% less (you always get the single best discount). Groups of seven or more, please book 10 days ahead.
- Meeting point
- Shizuoka Station, north exit.
- Weather
- Fuji, the stars and the fireworks depend on the sky; we tell you the evening before if it's worth going.
- Cancellation
- Guide fees follow the stay's cancellation tiers. Partners' own terms apply to theirs.
On the mapA4
Sumpu Castle Park, Shizuoka City · About 64 km from the house
Sources
- 01
Ieyasu lived in Sumpu as a hostage for twelve years from 1549, handed the shogunate to Hidetada in 1605, moved into Sumpu Castle in 1607 and died in 1616.
Source: sumpu-castlepark.com (opens in a new tab) - 02
At Sumpu Castle Park the Tatsumi turret (1989), the Higashi-gomon gate (1996) and the Hitsujisaru turret (2014) have been rebuilt.
Source: sumpu-castlepark.com (opens in a new tab)
Ask us about a date.
Tell us the day, who's coming and what you'd like to see. Your host replies within a few hours, in English or Japanese.
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