This castle was constructed in the 13th century to be the residence for the kings of the central Chuzan Kingdom. This historic site is the center of Urasoe Gusuku. The castle was destroyed by Sho Hashi in the beginning of the 15th century when he took over the kingdom and moved its capital to Shuri. Urasoe Gusuku was left abandoned for a while. In the 16th century it again became residence to the Urasoe Aji chieftain but was burned and destroyed in the Shimazu clan invasion of the Ryukyus in 1609.