Japan
55 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 Gifu Castle, 2 km east of the city centre; the most famous is Nagoya Castle (#111 of 9,035 worldwide) 30 km south-east. The oldest dated site in the circle is Sagiyama Castle, founded c. 1175.
Every one of them stands in Japan: the country page shows the full national picture.
17 km east · Castle · #247 worldwide
Inuyama Castle is a hirayama-style Japanese castle located in the city of Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
2 km east · Castle · #286 worldwide
Gifu Castle is a Japanese castle located in the city of Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan.
24 km south · Castle
Kiyosu Castle is a Japanese castle located in Kiyosu, western Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
15 km south-west · Castle
Ōgaki Castle is a flatlands-style Japanese castle located in the city of Ōgaki, Gifu Prefecture, Japan.
9 km south-west · Castle
Sunomata Castle is a Japanese castle in Ōgaki in Gifu Prefecture at the confluence of the Sai and Nagara rivers.
3 km north · Ruin
Sagiyama Castle was a castle built in Mino Province in middle Japan during the late-Heian period; it was destroyed during the Sengoku period in the…
20 km south-east · Castle
Komakiyama Castle is a Japanese castle situated on Mount Komaki in the city of Komaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
30 km south-east · Castle · #111 worldwide
Nagoya Castle is a Japanese castle located in Nagoya, Japan. Nagoya Castle was constructed by the Owari Domain in 1612 during the Edo period on the…
49 km west · Castle · #231 worldwide
Hikone Castle is an Edo-period Japanese castle located in the city of Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, Japan.
44 km west · Ruin
Odani Castle was a Sengoku period mountain-top Japanese castle located in the former town of Kohoku, now part of Nagahama city, in Shiga Prefecture,…
47 km west · Ruin
Sawayama Castle was a castle in the city of Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. This castle was an important military stronghold of Ōmi Province.
45 km west · Castle
Nagahama Castle is a hirashiro located in Nagahama, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. Nagahama Castle was built in 1575-1576 by Hashiba Hideyoshi in the…
41 km north-east · Castle
Gujō Hachiman Castle is a yamashiro, or "mountain castle", located on Hachiman Mountain in the city of Gujō, Gifu Prefecture, Japan.
41 km south · Castle
Kuwana Castle is a Japanese castle located in Kuwana, northern Mie Prefecture, Japan.
34 km south-east · Castle
Suemori Castle is a former Japanese castle located in Nagoya. It was originally outside the city of Nagoya in the countryside of the Owari Province.
40 km south-east · Castle
Iwasaki Castle is a hill castle located in the city of Nisshin, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
37 km south · Castle
Nagashima Castle, is a hirashiro-style Japanese castle located in northern part of the city of Kuwana, Mie Prefecture, Japan.
31 km east · Ruin
Mino Kaneyama Castle was a Sengoku period Japanese castle located in Kani, Gifu Prefecture, Japan.
29 km south-east · Ruin
Jōjō Castle was a hirashiro located in Kasugai, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It was built in 1218 by Osaka Kouzen. Currently only ruins are left.
+ 3 more in this range: every one is on the interactive map.
64 km south-west · Ruin · #147 worldwide
Azuchi Castle was one of the primary castles of Oda Nobunaga located in the Azuchi neighborhood of the city of Ōmihachiman, Shiga Prefecture.
92 km north-west · Castle
Maruoka Castle is a hirayama-style Japanese castle located in the Maruoka neighbourhood of the city of Sakai, Fukui Prefecture, in the Hokuriku…
64 km south-east · Castle
Okazaki Castle is a Japanese castle located in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
63 km east · Ruin
Iwamura Castle was located in the southeastern area of Mino Province in Japan.
76 km north-west · Ruin
The Ichijōdani Asakura Family Historic Ruins are historic ruins located in the Kidonouchi section of the city of Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, in the…
93 km south-west · Castle
Iga Ueno Castle, also known as Ueno Castle is a Japanese castle located in the city of Iga, Mie Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan.
86 km north-west · Castle
Fukui Castle is a flatland-style castle located in what is now the city of Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.
63 km south-west · Ruin
Kannonji Castle was a Sengoku period yamashiro-style Japanese castle located in what is now the Azuchi neighborhood of the city of Ōmihachiman,…
92 km south-east · Ruin
Nagashino Castle was a Sengoku period Japanese castle located in what is now Shinshiro, eastern Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
96 km south-west · Palace & château
The Shugaku-in Imperial Villa, or Shugaku-in Detached Palace, is a set of gardens and outbuildings in the hills of the eastern suburbs of Kyoto,…
93 km south-east · Castle
Yoshida Castle is a Japanese castle located in Toyohashi, southeastern Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
67 km north · Castle
Ōno Castle was a Japanese castle located in the city of Ōno, Fukui Prefecture, in the Hokuriku region of Japan.
+ 21 more in this range: every one is on the interactive map.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q45798.
The Castle Map atlas maps 55 landmarks (30 castles · 1 palace & château · 24 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of Gifu, measured straight-line: a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Gifu Castle, a castle 2 km east of the city centre.
Nagoya Castle, ranked #111 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking: 30 km south-east from Gifu.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Sagiyama Castle, founded c. 1175: 3 km north. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Nagoya (30 km) · Hikone (48 km) · Yokkaichi (53 km) · Higashiōmi (61 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
