🇯🇵 Japan
37 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 Akasaka Palace, 3 km east of the city centre; the most famous is Tokyo Imperial Palace — #59 of 8,133 worldwide — 6 km east. 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.
6 km east · 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…
6 km east · Ruin · #97 worldwide
Edo Castle is a flatland castle that was built in 1457 by Ōta Dōkan in Edo, Toshima District, Musashi Province.
3 km east · Palace & château · #316 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.
7 km south-east · 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.
22 km south-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.
10 km north-west · Ruin
Shakujii castle was a Japanese castle along the Shakujii River, in what is now Shakujii Park, in Tokyo's Nerima.
54 km north-west · Castle
Oshi Castle is a Japanese castle located in Gyōda, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.
32 km north-west · Castle
Kawagoe Castle is a flatland Japanese castle in the city of Kawagoe, in Japan's Saitama Prefecture.
40 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.
48 km east · Ruin
Sakura Castle was a 17th-century castle, now in ruins, in Sakura, Chiba Prefecture.
29 km north · Castle
Iwatsuki Castle is a Japanese castle located in Iwatsuki-ku, Saitama, in Saitama Prefecture, Japan.
46 km north · Castle
Sekiyado Castle is a Japanese castle located in Noda, northwestern Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
57 km south-east · Castle
Kururi Castle is a Japanese castle located in Kimitsu, southern Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
33 km west · Ruin
Takiyama Castle was a Japanese castle located in what is now the Tani neighborhood of the city of Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan.
51 km 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…
54 km north-west · Ruin
Sugiyama Castle, also known as Makino Castle, was a Sengoku period Japanese castle located in what is now part of the town of Ranzan, Hiki…
51 km north-west · Ruin
Sugaya Yakata was a Japanese castle located in what is now the town of Ranzan, Hiki District, Saitama, Japan.
69 km south-west · Castle · #323 worldwide
Odawara Castle is a reconstructed Japanese castle in the city of Odawara in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
98 km north · Castle
Utsunomiya Castle is a Japanese castle located in Utsunomiya, central Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.
65 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.
75 km north · Castle
Banna-ji is a Buddhist temple of the Shingon tradition in the city of Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, in northern Kantō region of Japan.
75 km north · Ruin
Kanayama Castle was a Sengoku period yamashiro-style castle located on top of Mount Kanayama in what is now Ōta, Gunma Prefecture, Japan.
87 km south-west · Ruin
Yamanaka Castle was a Sengoku period yamajiro-style Japanese castle, built by the Odawara Hōjō clan in Tagata District, Izu Province, in what is now…
94 km north-west · Castle
Takasaki Castle is a Japanese castle located in Takasaki, southern Gunma Prefecture, Japan.
97 km north-west · Ruin
Maebashi Castle is a castle located in Maebashi, central Gunma Prefecture, Japan.
67 km south-east · 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.
74 km north · Castle
Karasawayama Castle was a Japanese castle originally built in the Heian period and used through the end of the Sengoku period.
63 km north · Castle
Tatebayashi Castle is a Japanese castle located in Tatebayashi, southern Gunma Prefecture, Japan.
63 km north-east · Castle
Tsuchiura Castle is a flatland-style Japanese castle located in Tsuchiura, southern Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.
+ 8 more in this range — every one is on the interactive map.
Distances are straight-line from the city centre. City coordinates and population: Wikidata Q1490.
The Castlemap atlas maps 37 landmarks (17 castles · 3 palaces & châteaux · 17 ruins) within 100 km of the centre of Tokyo, measured straight-line — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks, not a count of every fortification ever built.
Akasaka Palace, a palace 3 km east of the city centre.
Tokyo Imperial Palace, ranked #59 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking — 6 km east from Tokyo.
The oldest dated landmark in the circle is Karasawa Castle, founded 927 — 74 km north. Earlier structures may have existed; this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
Nearby city guides: Sagamihara (32 km) · Chiba (39 km) · Okazaki (243 km) · Nagoya (259 km). See also medieval castles · all rankings · castles by country.
