Shimohase Cave
Kōraku Castle features the cave at Shimo-Hase, recorded in the Meisho-ki as "the place where Crown Prince Tsuneyoshi of Emperor Go-Daigo was hidden in Kenmu 4 (1337), and this is Shōboku-ura." It is said that during the fall of Kanegasaki Castle in 1337, priests from the Kibitsu Shrine brought Crown Prince Tsuneyoshi by small boat to this location and hid him within the cave. This cave is a sea cave formed over long years by waves gradually eroding the rock; its entrance is wide, narrowing toward the interior. It is said that carved characters exist at its deepest point, lending it an air of mystery.
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