Japan
29 castles, fortresses, palaces and ruins within 100 km of the city centre — every one on the interactive map, with photos, distances and directions.
The closest is Sakura Castle, 16 km north-east of the city centre; the most famous is Tokyo Imperial Palace — #59 of 9,079 worldwide — 33 km west. The oldest dated site in the circle is Karasawa Castle, founded 927.
Every one of them stands in Japan — the country page shows the full national picture.
16 km north-east · Ruin
Sakura Castle was a 17th-century castle, now in ruins, in Sakura, Chiba Prefecture.
19 km north-east · Ruin
Moto Sakura Castle was a Muromachi period "hirayama"-style castle located on the border of the town of Shisui and the city of Sakura, Chiba…
33 km west · Palace & château · #59 worldwide
The Imperial Palace is the main residence of the emperor of Japan. It is a large park-like area located in the Chiyoda district of the Chiyoda ward…
33 km west · Ruin · #96 worldwide
Edo Castle is a flatland castle that was built in 1457 by Ōta Dōkan in Edo, Toshima District, Musashi Province.
35 km west · Palace & château · #307 worldwide
Akasaka Palace is a state guest house of the government of Japan. Other state guesthouses of the government include the Kyoto State Guest House.
32 km west · Palace & château
The Kyū Shiba Rikyū Garden, also known as Kyū Shiba Rikyū Onshi Teien is a public garden and former imperial garden in Minato ward, Tokyo, Japan.
38 km south · Castle
Ōtaki Castle is a Japanese castle located in Ōtaki, southeast Chiba Prefecture, Japan. In the Edo period, Ōtaki Castle was given to Honda Tadakatsu.
52 km north-west · Castle
Iwatsuki Castle is a Japanese castle located in Iwatsuki-ku, Saitama, in Saitama Prefecture, Japan.
54 km north · Castle
Tsuchiura Castle is a flatland-style Japanese castle located in Tsuchiura, southern Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.
36 km south · Castle
Kururi Castle is a Japanese castle located in Kimitsu, southern Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
48 km west · Ruin
Kozukue Castle is the name for the earthly remains of a castle structure in Kozukue, Kōho-ku ward of Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
48 km west · Ruin
Shakujii castle was a Japanese castle along the Shakujii River, in what is now Shakujii Park, in Tokyo's Nerima.
95 km south-west · Castle · #314 worldwide
Odawara Castle is a reconstructed Japanese castle in the city of Odawara in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
83 km north-west · Castle
Oshi Castle is a Japanese castle located in Gyōda, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.
91 km north · Ruin
Mito Castle was a 12th-century Japanese castle with an extensive history, now in ruins, located in what was Hitachi Province.
66 km north-west · Castle
Kawagoe Castle is a flatland Japanese castle in the city of Kawagoe, in Japan's Saitama Prefecture.
77 km west · Ruin
Hachiōji Castle was a Sengoku period Japanese castle, located in what is now the city of Hachiōji, Tokyo, in the Kantō region of Japan.
99 km north-west · Ruin
Hachigata Castle was a Sengoku period Japanese castle, located in the town of Yorii, Saitama Prefecture, in the Kantō region of Japan.
95 km north-west · Castle
Karasawayama Castle was a Japanese castle originally built in the Heian period and used through the end of the Sengoku period.
87 km north-west · Castle
Tatebayashi Castle is a Japanese castle located in Tatebayashi, southern Gunma Prefecture, Japan.
73 km south · Castle
Tateyama Castle is a Japanese castle located in Tateyama, southern Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
62 km north-west · Castle
Sekiyado Castle is a Japanese castle located in Noda, northwestern Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
98 km south-west · Ruin
Ishigakiyama Ichiya Castle was a late Sengoku period Japanese castle in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
60 km north · Castle
Oda Castle is a hira-style Muromachi period Japanese castle located in what is now the city of Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, in the northern Kantō…
+ 5 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q170616.
The Castle Map atlas maps 29 landmarks (13 castles · 3 palaces & châteaux · 13 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of Chiba, measured straight-line — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Sakura Castle, a ruin 16 km north-east of the city centre.
Tokyo Imperial Palace, ranked #59 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking — 33 km west from Chiba.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Karasawa Castle, founded 927 — 95 km north-west. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Tokyo (39 km) · Sagamihara (66 km) · Okazaki (276 km) · Nagoya (294 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
