Yodo Castle, Japanese castle in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan.

Yodo Castle was a Japanese castle in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, positioned at the confluence of the Kizu, Katsura, and Uji rivers to create a natural defensive location on the north bank of the Yodo River. The layout took advantage of the waterways as strategic barriers and controlled major trade routes passing through the region.

The castle appears in written records starting in 1478, when it served as an administrative center for the provincial guardians of Yamashiro. Over time it was rebuilt and incorporated structures from other fortifications that had been relocated and dismantled.

The castle's name survives in the story of Chacha, who received it from Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1589 as a birthing place; her son Tsurumatsu was born here, and from this residence she became known as Yodo-dono. The site is now occupied by houses, fields and Nouso Elementary School, with a stone monument at Myokyo-ji temple and place names such as Kitashirobori recalling the moat.

A stone monument at Myokyo-ji temple marks the former castle location and can be reached on foot in about 10 minutes from Yodo Station on the Keihan Line. Keep in mind that the area functions today as a residential and religious space rather than as an open historical site.

After Yodo Castle was abandoned, much of its timber and stone went into building Fushimi Castle, and when Yodo Castle was later raised, materials were taken from Fushimi Castle in turn. The site today holds only a stone monument at Myokyo-ji temple; the names Kitashirobori and Koaza Shirobori keep the moat's memory.