四方を山に囲まれた盆地の中心に広がる城下町。慶長14年（1609年）に、天下譜請（てんかぶしん）によって徳川家康が西国大名に対する備えや大阪城攻略の拠点として築かせた城郭が篠山城。また城跡の周辺にある武家屋敷通りや、河原町妻入商家群などの町並みは、歴史と伝統を受け継ぎ、今も古きよき時代を伝えています。

A castle town spreads out in the center of a basin surrounded by mountains on all sides. Sasayama Castle was built in 1609 by Tokugawa Ieyasu at the request of the Tenkabushin (a shogunate petition), as a defense against the daimyo of western Japan and as a base for attacking Osaka Castle. The townscape surrounding the castle ruins, including the samurai residences and the Kawaramachi merchant houses, has inherited history and tradition, and still conveys the good old days.