🇯🇵 Japan
58 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 Osaka Castle, 2 km east of the city centre; the most famous is Himeji Castle — #34 of 8,133 worldwide — 76 km west. The oldest dated site in the circle is Heian Palace, founded c. 775.
Every one of them stands in Japan — the country page shows the full national picture.
2 km east · Castle · #39 worldwide
Osaka Castle is a Japanese castle in Chūō-ku, Osaka, Japan. The castle is one of Japan's most famous landmarks and played a major role in the…
12 km north-west · Castle
Itami Castle was a Muromachi period Japanese castle located in Kawabe District of northern Settsu Province, Japan. It is also called Arioka Castle.
8 km west · Castle
Amagasaki Castle was a flatland type Japanese castle located in the city of Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
22 km north · Ruin
Akutagawayama Castle was a Sengoku period mountain-top castle in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Located on a 182.6 meter mountain.
14 km east · Ruin
Iimoriyama Castle was a Sengoku period mountain-top castle in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Located on a 315.9 meter mountain.
18 km south-east · Ruin
Shigisan castle was a Japanese castle of the Sengoku period, controlled by the Kizawa and Matsunaga clans.
44 km north-east · Palace & château · #138 worldwide
The Kyōto Imperial Palace, also known as Dairi or Kinri, is the former palace of the Emperor of Japan from 1331 to 1869 located in Kamigyō-ku, Kyoto,…
42 km north-east · Castle · #181 worldwide
Nijō Castle is a flatland castle in Kyoto, Japan. The castle consists of two concentric rings of fortifications, the Ninomaru Palace, the ruins of…
37 km north-east · Castle · #208 worldwide
Fushimi Castle, also known as Momoyama Castle or Fushimi-Momoyama Castle, is a Japanese castle located in Fushimi Ward, Kyoto.
42 km north-east · Palace & château
The Heian Palace was the original imperial palace of Heian-kyō, then the capital of Japan.
37 km north-east · Palace & château
The Katsura Imperial Villa or Katsura Detached Palace is an Imperial residence with associated gardens and outbuildings in the western suburbs of…
27 km east · Palace & château
Heijō Palace was the imperial residence in the Japanese capital city Heijō-kyō, during most of the Nara period.
26 km east · Ruin
Kōriyama Castle is a flatlands-style Japanese castle located in the city of Yamatokōriyama, Nara Prefecture, Japan.
47 km west · Ruin
Akashi Castle is an Edo period Japanese castle located in the city of Akashi, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
40 km north-east · Palace & château
Daikaku-ji is a Shingon Buddhist temple in Ukyō-ku, a western ward in the city of Kyoto, Japan.
58 km east · 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.
43 km north-east · Palace & château
The Jurakudai or Jurakutei was a palace constructed at the order of Toyotomi Hideyoshi in Kyoto, Japan.
29 km south-west · Castle
Kishiwada Castle is a Japanese castle located in the city of Kishiwada, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
+ 15 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
76 km west · Castle · #34 worldwide
Himeji Castle (姫路城, Himeji-jō; [çime̞ʑiꜜʑo̞ː]) is a hilltop Japanese castle complex situated in Himeji, a city in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
78 km north-east · Ruin · #148 worldwide
Azuchi Castle was one of the primary castles of Oda Nobunaga located in the Azuchi neighborhood of the city of Ōmihachiman, Shiga Prefecture.
94 km north-east · Castle · #232 worldwide
Hikone Castle is an Edo-period Japanese castle located in the city of Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, Japan.
60 km south-west · Castle
Wakayama Castle is a Japanese castle located in the city Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.
91 km north-west · Ruin
Takeda Castle was a Sengoku period Japanese castle located in the Wadayama neighborhood of the city of Asago, in the northern part of Hyōgo…
96 km north-east · Ruin
Sawayama Castle was a castle in the city of Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. This castle was an important military stronghold of Ōmi Province.
78 km north-east · Ruin
Kannonji Castle was a Sengoku period yamashiro-style Japanese castle located in what is now the Azuchi neighborhood of the city of Ōmihachiman,…
75 km north-west · Castle
Fukuchiyama Castle is a castle located in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.
68 km south-west · Castle
Sumoto Castle was a Muromachi to Sengoku period Japanese castle located in the Orodani neighborhood of the city of Sumoto, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
92 km east · Castle
Tsu Castle was a Japanese castle located in the city of Tsu, Mie Prefecture, Japan.
90 km west · Castle
Tatsuno Castle is located in the town of Tatsuno in Hyōgo Prefecture. In the Edo period the Wakizaka last resided there as medium-sized tozama daimyō…
94 km east · Ruin
Matsusaka Castle was a Japanese castle located in the city of Matsusaka, Mie Prefecture, Japan.
+ 13 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q35765.
The Castlemap atlas maps 58 landmarks (26 castles · 8 palaces & châteaux · 24 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of Osaka, measured straight-line — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Osaka Castle, a castle 2 km east of the city centre.
Himeji Castle, ranked #34 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking — 76 km west from Osaka.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Heian Palace, founded c. 775 — 42 km north-east. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Kobe (28 km) · Kyoto (43 km) · Iga (59 km) · Wakayama (60 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
