Yamashiro
# Yamashiro

Yamashiro is a Japanese word with kanji often meaning mountain castle (山城). There are however other kanji spellings.

* Yamashiro, Kyoto, former town in Japan
* Yamashiro, Tokushima, former town in Japan
* Yamashiro Province, former Japanese province
* Japanese battleship Yamashiro, a battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy
* Yamashiro Onsen, an onsen in Kaga, Ishikawa province
* Yamashiro Park Taiyogaoka Stadium, an athletic stadium in Uji, Kyoto, Japan
* Yamashiro Historic District, a villa, restaurant, and gardens in Los Angeles, California
* Yamashiro, or yamajiro, category of Japanese castle in which the main structures are located on a mountain

In addition to kanji variation, the word could also be read as Yamagusuku in the Ryukyu Islands.

## People

Yamashiro is also a Japanese surname. In the Okinawan language, the kanji is read Yamagusuku. Notable people with the surname include:

* Prince Yamashiro (d.643)
* Danny Yamashiro (1967- )
* Hiroshi Yamashiro (1958- )
* Junya Yamashiro (1985- )
* Rafael Yamashiro (1963- )
* Shingo Yamashiro (1938–2009)
* Shoji Yamashiro, pseudonym for Tsutomu Ōhashi
* Stephen K. Yamashiro (1941–2011)
* Mary Yamashiro Otani (1923–2005)
* Augusto Miyashiro Yamashiro (1949- )

### Fictional characters

* Aoba Yamashiro
* Tatsu Yamashiro
