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The Castlemap atlas charts 30 castles, 8 palaces & châteaux and 33 ruins in Kansai. They span from c. 775 to 1661.
The best known is Himeji Castle, #29 of 7,738 worldwide.
Country pages: Japan.
Osaka · Kyoto · Kobe · Yokkaichi · Himeji · Tsu · Hikone · Higashiōmi
See them on the map →Castle · 14th century · #29 worldwide · #1 in Japan
Himeji Castle (姫路城, Himeji-jō; [çime̞ʑiꜜʑo̞ː] ) is a hilltop Japanese castle complex situated in Himeji, a city in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
Castle · 16th century · #35 worldwide · #2 in Japan
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…
Palace & château · 14th century · #133 worldwide · #9 in Japan
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,…
Ruin · 16th century · #143 worldwide · #10 in Japan
Azuchi Castle was one of the primary castles of Oda Nobunaga located in the Azuchi neighborhood of the city of Ōmihachiman, Shiga Prefecture.
Castle · 17th century · #175 worldwide · #11 in Japan
Nijō Castle is a flatland castle in Kyoto, Japan. The castle consists of two concentric rings of fortifications, the Ninomaru Palace, the ruins of…
Castle · 16th century · #204 worldwide · #12 in Japan
Fushimi Castle, also known as Momoyama Castle or Fushimi-Momoyama Castle, is a Japanese castle located in Fushimi Ward, Kyoto.
Castle · 17th century · #226 worldwide · #15 in Japan
Hikone Castle is an Edo-period Japanese castle located in the city of Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, Japan.
Palace & château · 8th century · #25 in Japan
The Heian Palace was the original imperial palace of Heian-kyō, then the capital of Japan.
Palace & château · #31 in Japan
The Katsura Imperial Villa or Katsura Detached Palace is an Imperial residence with associated gardens and outbuildings in the western suburbs of…
Palace & château · #32 in Japan
Heijō Palace was the imperial residence in the Japanese capital city Heijō-kyō, during most of the Nara period.
Ruin · 16th century · #37 in Japan
Tottori Castle was a Japanese castle located in Tottori, Tottori Prefecture in the San'in Region of western Japan.
Castle · 16th century · #41 in Japan
Wakayama Castle is a Japanese castle located in the city Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.
Ruin · 15th century · #42 in Japan
Takeda Castle was a Sengoku period Japanese castle located in the Wadayama neighborhood of the city of Asago, in the northern part of Hyōgo…
Ruin · 16th century · #56 in Japan
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,…
Ruin · #61 in Japan
Sawayama Castle was a castle in the city of Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. This castle was an important military stronghold of Ōmi Province.
Ruin · 12th century · #62 in Japan
Kōriyama Castle is a flatlands-style Japanese castle located in the city of Yamatokōriyama, Nara Prefecture, Japan.
Ruin · 17th century · #64 in Japan
Akashi Castle is an Edo period Japanese castle located in the city of Akashi, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
Castle · 16th century · #65 in Japan
Nagahama Castle is a hirashiro located in Nagahama, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. Nagahama Castle was built in 1575-1576 by Hashiba Hideyoshi in the…
Palace & château · 9th century · #79 in Japan
Daikaku-ji is a Shingon Buddhist temple in Ukyō-ku, a western ward in the city of Kyoto, Japan.
Ruin · 17th century · #81 in Japan
Akō Castle is a former flatland Japanese castle located in the city of Akō, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
Castle · 16th century · #85 in Japan
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.
Palace & château · 16th century · #86 in Japan
The Jurakudai or Jurakutei was a palace constructed at the order of Toyotomi Hideyoshi in Kyoto, Japan.
Castle · #89 in Japan
Kishiwada Castle is a Japanese castle located in the city of Kishiwada, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
Ruin · 15th century · #92 in Japan
Kannonji Castle was a Sengoku period yamashiro-style Japanese castle located in what is now the Azuchi neighborhood of the city of Ōmihachiman,…
Ruin · 17th century · #94 in Japan
Sasayama Castle is an early Edo Period Japanese castle located in the city of Tamba-Sasayama, Hyōgo, Japan.
Castle · 16th century · #96 in Japan
Fukuchiyama Castle is a castle located in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.
Palace & château · 17th century · #107 in Japan
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,…
Castle · #108 in Japan
Itami Castle was a Muromachi period Japanese castle located in Kawabe District of northern Settsu Province, Japan. It is also called Arioka Castle.
Ruin · 14th century · #109 in Japan
Chihaya Castle is a late Kamakura period Japanese castle located in the village of Chihayaakasaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
Castle · 16th century · #117 in Japan
Kameyama Castle is a castle located in Kameoka, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It guarded the northwest passage into Kyoto for nearly three hundred years.
Castle · 17th century · #119 in Japan
Amagasaki Castle was a flatland type Japanese castle located in the city of Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
Ruin · 16th century · #120 in Japan
Tokushima Castle was an Edo period Japanese castle located in the city of Tokushima, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan.
Palace & château · 12th century · #121 in Japan
Shōren-in is a Buddhist temple located in the Awadaguchi Sanjōbōchō neighborhood of Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan.
Castle · 15th century · #130 in Japan
Miki Castle was a Japanese castle in Miki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It was built by Bessho Nagaharu in the Sengoku period.
Ruin · 14th century · #137 in Japan
Takatori Castle was a Sengoku to Edo period yamajiro-style Japanese castle located in what is now the town of Takatori, Nara Prefecture, in the Kinki…
Castle · 16th century · #138 in Japan
Sumoto Castle was a Muromachi to Sengoku period Japanese castle located in the Orodani neighborhood of the city of Sumoto, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
Castle · 14th century · #144 in Japan
Shōryūji Castle is a castle in Nagaokakyō, Kyoto, Japan. This castle was constructed in 1339 by Hosokawa Yoriharu, a major samurai commander under…
Castle · 15th century · #149 in Japan
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…
Castle · 17th century · #151 in Japan
Izushi Castle is a hirayamajiro, or castle situated on a hill, located in Izushi, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
Ruin · 16th century · #152 in Japan
Akutagawayama Castle was a Sengoku period mountain-top castle in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Located on a 182.6 meter mountain.
Castle · 17th century · #167 in Japan
Obama Castle was a seaside-style castle located in what is now the city of Obama, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.
Castle · 16th century · #169 in Japan
Sakamoto Castle was a lakeside castle in the Sengoku period, located in Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan.
Castle · 17th century · #176 in Japan
Zeze Castle, is a hirashiro-style Japanese castle located in eastern part of the city of Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan.
Castle · 14th century · #178 in Japan
Ichinomiya Castle is a mountaintop castle in Tokushima, Japan. Built in 1338, the castle was built on a strategically important site, with a river…
Ruin · 14th century · #182 in Japan
Iimoriyama Castle was a Sengoku period mountain-top castle in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Located on a 315.9 meter mountain.
Ruin · 16th century · #186 in Japan
Shigisan castle was a Japanese castle of the Sengoku period, controlled by the Kizawa and Matsunaga clans.
Castle · #188 in Japan
Tanabe Castle is a flatland-style Japanese castle located in Maizuru, northern Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.
Castle · #192 in Japan
Yodo Castle is located in Yodo-honmachi in the southern Fushimi ward of the city of Kyōto.
Ruin · 16th century · #199 in Japan
Yakami Castle was a Sengoku period Japanese castle located in what is now part of the city of Tamba-Sasayama Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
Ruin · 15th century · #200 in Japan
Yamashina Midō, also known as Yamashina Hongan-ji, was a fortified Buddhist temple located in what is now Yamashina-ku, Kyoto, Japan.
Ruin · 16th century · #202 in Japan
Hachimanyama Castle was a castle in Ōmihachiman, Japan, on the eastern shore of Lake Biwa in Shiga prefecture.
Castle · #212 in Japan
Kuroi Castle was a Sengoku period Japanese castle located in what is now the Kasuga-cho neighborhood of the city of Tamba Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
Ruin · #214 in Japan
Kanegasaki Castle was a Kamakura to Nanboku-cho period yamashiro-style Japanese castle located in what is now part of the city of Tsuruga, Fukui…
Ruin · 16th century · #217 in Japan
Arikoyama Castle was a Sengoku period Japanese castle located in the Izushi neighborhood of the city of Toyooka, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
Castle · 17th century · #223 in Japan
Shingū Castle is a Japanese castle located in the city of Shingū, southern Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.
Castle · 16th century · #224 in Japan
Miyazu Castle is a flatland-style Japanese castle located in Miyazu, northern Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.
Castle · 17th century · #226 in Japan
Kitabatake Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in the Misugi neighborhood of the city of Tsu, Mie Prefecture, Japan.
Castle · #227 in Japan
Minakuchi Castle is a hirashiro-style Japanese castle located in the former town of Minakuchi, in the city of Kōka, Shiga Prefecture, Japan.
Ruin · 16th century · #242 in Japan
Nochiseyama Castle was a Sengoku period yamashiro-style Japanese castle located in what is now part of the city of Obama, Fukui Prefecture in the…
Ruin · #248 in Japan
Uda Matsuyama Castle is a yamajiro-style Japanese castle located in the city of Uda, Nara Prefecture, Japan.
Ruin · #249 in Japan
Ruin · 14th century · #254 in Japan
Ruin · 16th century · #255 in Japan
Ruin · #258 in Japan
Ruin · 12th century · #260 in Japan
Ruin · 16th century · #264 in Japan
Ruin · #269 in Japan
Ruin · #284 in Japan
Ruin · #287 in Japan
Ruin · #290 in Japan
Castle · #296 in Japan
The Castlemap atlas charts 30 castles, 8 palaces & châteaux and 33 ruins in Kansai. They span from c. 775 to 1661.
The best known is Himeji Castle, #29 of 7,738 worldwide.
Heian Palace — c. 775.
