Yamashiro

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

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

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