“Sekigahara Historic Site Tour Guides” are composed mainly of members who took the Sekigahara Town Historic Site course for 2 years. They will guide you on the famous and historic sites of Sekigahara in accordance with your desired time and route, fitting in with your travel plans. In addition, there are also recommended tours with fixed departure and arrival times, to offer peace of mind for people visiting Sekigahara for the first time. Tours led by guides familiar with Sekigahara will help you understand and appreciate Sekigahara.

Renting a bicycle is convenient for touring the Sekigahara battlefield and surrounding historical sites. Have fun getting about on your own while feeling the cool seasonal breeze on your skin. We also have electric bicycles to help you glide up hilly roads, as well as bicycles for children.

Seven symbolic historic battlefield hiking routes were established after reading up on anecdotes about the most famous seven samurai generals (Seven Samurai Generals of Sekigahara) of the Battle of Sekigahara.

From Tokugawa Ieyasu’s First to Final Encampment 

What was Ieyasu aiming for when he moved his headquarters from Mt. Momokubari to the main battlefield when the western Army was unexpectedly putting up a good fight? This is a hiking route that makes you appreciate the strong desire of Ieyasu to unify the whole country, which was interwoven in his tactics throughout the entire Battle of Sekigahara and his gamble to move his headquarters.

Mt. Sasao / Ishida Mitsunari’s Encampment

Serving as a staff officer of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Ishida Mitsunari was handed the task of unifying the whole country. This is a hiking route that traces the story of a man who was both rational and a mixture of good and bad, and who lived to uphold his responsibility of defending to the death the Toyotomi clan.

Otani Yoshitsugu’s Encampment and Grave Site

What was behind Yoshitsugu’s readiness to shrug off his life-threatening disease to fight for the Western Army while knowing the pitfalls, and all this to preserve his friendship with Mitsunari? This hiking route looks back at the events from his first encounter with Mitsunari, leading up to his historic fall at Sekigahara.

Okayama Signaling Ground & Kuroda Nagamasa Encampment

Gaining the favor of Ieyasu and working hard in diplomatic circles from the outset, Nagamasa’s scheming from the Oyama meeting to the Kobayakawa Hideaki strategy and overthrow of the formidable enemy, Shima Sakon, led the Eastern Army to victory. This hiking route looks back on Nagamasa’s tactics and success at the Battle of Sekigahara both in front of and behind the scenes. 

Fukushima Masanori’s Encampment (Battle Commencement Memorial) 

Serving Toyotomi Hideyoshi from a young age, did Fukushima Masanori, join the Eastern Army and get close to Ieyasu himself to protect Toyotomi Hideyori? This route will show you Masanori’s strong desire to secure the survival of the Toyotomi clan.

Mt. Matsuo / Kobayakawa Hideaki’s Encampment

A young samurai general who seesawed between Mitsunari and Ieyasu. The country moved to the beat of his drum. What was it that pushed Hideaki, who was torn until the end? This route will take you inside the workings of Hideaki’s mind, a general who really divided the land.

Shimazu Yoshihiro’s Encampment

In a legendary tale of breaking through enemy ranks, Yoshihiro had a narrow escape from death. The Shimazu clan survived the Edo period, eventually leading to the toppling of Tokugawa at the ensuing Restoration period. This route gives visitors a real feeling of the life of the survivor, Yoshihiro, as well as the strength of the Shimazu clan.

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