The Yanagawa-jo Castle was a hirayamajiro (castle built on a hill or low mountain surrounded by a plain), and therefore the Yanagawa-jo Castle and the Oeda-jo Castle can see each other across the Abukumagawa River.
梁川城も小高い平山城であり、梁川城と大枝城からは、阿武隈川を挟んで相互に相手方がよく見える。