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 a Japanese surname, Ryukyuan 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
See also Shiroyama (disambiguation) Shancheng (disambiguation), Chinese placenames that is written with the same Chinese/Japanese characters as, and has a similar meaning to, the Japanese Yamashiro