Castles

Japan’s Top 100 Castles

Hokkaidō and Tōhoku

  • Nemuro Peninsula Chashi Sites (Hokkaidō) (16th to 18th century)
  • Goryōkaku (Hokkaidō) (1857)
  • Matsumae Castle (Hokkaidō) (1606)
  • Hirosaki Castle (Aomori Prefecture) (1611)
  • Ne Castle (Aomori Prefecture) (1334)
  • Morioka Castle (Iwate Prefecture) (1598)
  • Taga Castle (Miyagi Prefecture) (724)
  • Sendai Castle /Aoba Castle (Miyagi Prefecture) (1600)
  • Kubota Castle (Akita Prefecture) (1603)
  • Yamagata Castle (Yamagata Prefecture) (1357)
  • Nihonmatsu Castle / Kasumigajō (Fukushima Prefecture) (1414)
  • Aizuwakamatsu Castle / Tsurugajō (Fukushima Prefecture) (1384, 1593)
  • Shirakawa Komine Castle (Fukushima Prefecture) (1369, 1632)

Kantō and Kōshin’etsu

  • Mito Castle (Ibaraki Prefecture) (1214, 1624)
  • Ashikaga Residence (Tochigi Prefecture) (ca. 12th century)
  • Minowa Castle (Gunma Prefecture) (ca. 1500)
  • Kanayama Castle (Gunma Prefecture) (1469)
  • Hachigata Castle (Saitama Prefecture) (1476)
  • Kawagoe Castle (Saitama Prefecture) (1457)
  • Sakura Castle (Chiba Prefecture) (ca. mid-16th century, 1611)
  • Edo Castle (Tokyo) (1457, 1607)
  • Hachiōji Castle (Tokyo) (ca. 1584)
  • Odawara Castle (Kanagawa Prefecture) (ca. mid-15th century)
  • Takedashi Residence (Yamanashi Prefecture) (1519)
  • Kōfu Castle (Yamanashi Prefecture) (1590s)
  • Matsushiro Castle (Nagano Prefecture) (ca. 1560, 1622)
  • Ueda Castle (Nagano Prefecture) (1583)
  • Komoro Castle (Nagano Prefecture) (1554, 1590)
  • Matsumoto Castle (Nagano Prefecture) (National Treasure) (1593–94)
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  • Takatō Castle (Nagano Prefecture) (ca. 14th century, 1547)
  • Shibata Castle (Niigata Prefecture) (1598)
  • Kasugayama Castle (Niigata Prefecture) (ca. 15th century, ca. mid-16th century)

Hokuriku and Tōkai

  • Takaoka Castle (Toyama Prefecture) (1609)
  • Nanao Castle (Ishikawa Prefecture) (first half of 16th century)
  • Kanazawa Castle (Ishikawa Prefecture) (1580, 1583)
  • Maruoka Castle (Fukui Prefecture) (1576, 1624–44)
  • Ichijōdani Castle (Fukui Prefecture) (Second half of 15th century)
  • Iwamura Castle (Gifu Prefecture) (1185)
  • Gifu Castle (Gifu Prefecture) (1201)
  • Yamanaka Castle (Shizuoka Prefecture) (ca. 1530–60)
  • Sunpu Castle (Shizuoka Prefecture) (1585)
  • Kakegawa Castle (Shizuoka Prefecture) (ca. 1512, 1590)
  • Inuyama Castle (Aichi Prefecture) (National Treasure) (1537)
  • Nagoya Castle (Aichi Prefecture) (1610)
  • Okazaki Castle (Aichi Prefecture) (ca. 1455)
  • Nagashino Castle (Aichi Prefecture) (1508)
  • Iga Ueno Castle (Mie Prefecture) (1585, 1608)
  • Matsusaka Castle (Mie Prefecture) (1588)

Kansai

  • Odani Castle (Shiga Prefecture) (ca. 1525)
  • Hikone Castle (Shiga Prefecture) (National Treasure) (1607)
  • Azuchi Castle (Shiga Prefecture) (1579)
  • Kannonji Castle (Shiga Prefecture) (14th to 15th century)
  • Nijō Castle (Kyoto Prefecture) (UNESCO World Heritage) (1603)
  • Osaka Castle (Osaka Prefecture) (1583, 1620)
  • Chihaya Castle (Osaka Prefecture) (1332)
  • Takeda Castle (Hyōgo Prefecture) (1443)
  • Sasayama Castle (Hyōgo Prefecture) (1609)
  • Akashi Castle (Hyōgo Prefecture) (1619)
  • Himeji Castle (Hyōgo Prefecture) (National Treasure / UNESCO World Heritage) (1580, 1601)
  • Akō Castle (Hyōgo Prefecture) (1661)
  • Takatori Castle (Nara Prefecture) (1332, 1585)
  • Wakayama Castle (Wakayama Prefecture) (1585)

Chūgoku and Shikoku

  • Tottori Castle (Tottori Prefecture) (ca. mid-16th century, 1617)
  • Matsue Castle (Shimane Prefecture) (National Treasure) (1607)
  • Gassantoda Castle (Shimane Prefecture) (late 1150s)
  • Tsuwano Castle (Shimane Prefecture) (1295, 1605)
  • Tsuyama Castle (Okayama Prefecture) (1604)
  • Bitchū Matsuyama Castle (Okayama Prefecture) (1240)
  • Ki Castle (Okayama Prefecture) (ca. 7th century)
  • Okayama Castle (Okayama Prefecture) (1597)
  • Fukuyama Castle (Hiroshima Prefecture) (1619)
  • Kōriyama Castle (Hiroshima Prefecture) (ca. mid-14th century, ca. 1551)
  • Hiroshima Castle (Hiroshima Prefecture) (1589)
  • Iwakuni Castle (Yamaguchi Prefecture) (1608)
  • Hagi Castle (Yamaguchi Prefecture) (1604)
  • Tokushima Castle (Tokushima Prefecture) (1586)
  • Takamatsu Castle (Kagawa Prefecture) (1587)
  • Marugame Castle (Kagawa Prefecture) (1597, 1660)
  • Imabari Castle (Ehime Prefecture) (1602)
  • Yuzuki Castle (Ehime Prefecture) (ca. 1335)
  • Matsuyama Castle (Ehime Prefecture) (1602)
  • Ōzu Castle (Ehime Prefecture) (1331)
  • Uwajima Castle (Ehime Prefecture) (1601, ca. 1666)
  • Kōchi Castle (Kōchi Prefecture) (1601)

Kyūshū and Okinawa

  • Fukuoka Castle (Fukuoka Prefecture) (1601)
  • Ōno Castle (Fukuoka Prefecture) (665)
  • Nagoya Castle (Saga Prefecture) (1592)
  • Yoshinogari (Saga Prefecture) (1st to 3rd century)
  • Saga Castle (Saga Prefecture) (1608)
  • Hirado Castle (Nagasaki Prefecture) (1704)
  • Shimabara Castle (Nagasaki Prefecture) (1618)
  • Kumamoto Castle (Kumamoto Prefecture) (1607)
  • Hitoyoshi Castle (Kumamoto Prefecture) (1199)
  • Ōita Funai Castle (Ōita Prefecture) (1597, 1602)
  • Oka Castle (Ōita Prefecture) (1185, 1596)
  • Obi Castle (Miyazaki Prefecture) (14th century, 1686)
  • Kagoshima Castle (Kagoshima Prefecture) (ca. 1601)
  • Nakijin Castle (Okinawa) (UNESCO World Heritage) (ca. 13th century)
  • Nakagusuku Castle (Okinawa) (UNESCO World Heritage) (ca. mid-14th century)
  • Shuri Castle (Okinawa) (UNESCO World Heritage) (ca. 14th century)

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