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Castles in Japan

296 landmarks in the Castlemap atlas — every one on the interactive map.

The most famous castle in Japan is Himeji Castle, ranked #28 of 7,044 in the world — followed by Osaka Castle and Tokyo Imperial Palace.

The Castlemap atlas charts 166 castles, 2 fortresses, 10 palaces & châteaux and 118 ruins in Japan. They span more than 23 centuries — from Yoshinogari site (founded 400 BC) to Akasaka Palace (1909). Every one is plotted with its photo, founding date and story on the interactive castle map of Japan.

All 296 castles in Japan

Himeji Castle
Castle · 14th century · #28 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.
Osaka Castle
Castle · 16th century · #32 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…
Tokyo Imperial Palace
Palace & château · 19th century · #53 worldwide · #3 in Japan
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…
Kumamoto Castle
Castle · 17th century · #78 worldwide · #4 in Japan
Kumamoto Castle is a hilltop Japanese castle located in Chūō-ku, Kumamoto, in Kumamoto Prefecture. It was a large and well-fortified castle.
Edo Castle
Castle · 15th century · #90 worldwide · #5 in Japan
Edo Castle is a flatland castle that was built in 1457 by Ōta Dōkan in Edo, Toshima District, Musashi Province.
Shuri Castle
Castle · 14th century · #97 worldwide · #6 in Japan
Shuri Castle is a Ryukyuan gusuku castle in the historic Shuri district of Naha, the capital of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
Matsumoto Castle
Castle · 16th century · #104 worldwide · #7 in Japan
Matsumoto Castle, originally known as Fukashi Castle, is one of Japan's premier historic castles, along with Himeji and Kumamoto.
Nagoya Castle
Castle · 16th century · #106 worldwide · #8 in Japan
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…
Kyoto Imperial Palace
Palace & château · 14th century · #132 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,…
Azuchi Castle
Ruin · 16th century · #141 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.
Nijō Castle
Castle · 17th century · #172 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…
Fushimi Castle
Castle · 16th century · #202 worldwide · #12 in Japan
Fushimi Castle, also known as Momoyama Castle or Fushimi-Momoyama Castle, is a Japanese castle located in Fushimi Ward, Kyoto.
Hiroshima Castle
Castle · 16th century · #212 worldwide · #13 in Japan
Hiroshima Castle, sometimes called Carp Castle, is a castle in Hiroshima, Japan that was the residence of the daimyō of the Hiroshima Domain.
Goryōkaku
Castle · 19th century · #223 worldwide · #14 in Japan
Goryōkaku is a star fort in the Japanese city of Hakodate on the island of Hokkaido. The fortress was completed in 1866.
Hikone Castle
Castle · 17th century · #224 worldwide · #15 in Japan
Hikone Castle is an Edo-period Japanese castle located in the city of Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, Japan.
Inuyama Castle
Castle · 15th century · #240 worldwide · #16 in Japan
Inuyama Castle is a hirayama-style Japanese castle located in the city of Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
Matsue Castle
Castle · 17th century · #251 worldwide · #17 in Japan
Matsue Castle is a Japanese castle located in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture. Matsue Castle was constructed from 1607 to 1611 by Horio Yoshiharu, the…
Gifu Castle
Castle · 13th century · #283 worldwide · #18 in Japan
Gifu Castle is a Japanese castle located in the city of Gifu, Gifu Prefecture, Japan.
Akasaka Palace
Palace & château · 20th century · #306 worldwide · #19 in Japan
Akasaka Palace is a state guest house of the government of Japan. Other state guesthouses of the government include the Kyoto State Guest House.
Odawara Castle
Castle · 15th century · #312 worldwide · #20 in Japan
Odawara Castle is a reconstructed Japanese castle in the city of Odawara in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
Okayama Castle
Castle · 14th century · #337 worldwide · #21 in Japan
Okayama Castle is a Japanese castle in the city of Okayama in Okayama Prefecture in Japan.
Hirosaki Castle
Castle · 17th century · #22 in Japan
Hirosaki Castle is a hirayama-style Japanese castle constructed in 1611. It was the seat of the Tsugaru clan, a 47,000 koku tozama daimyō clan which…
Kanazawa Castle
Castle · 16th century · #23 in Japan
Kanazawa Castle is a large, partially restored Japanese castle in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan.
Aizuwakamatsu Castle
Castle · 14th century · #24 in Japan
Tsuruga Castle, also known as Aizuwakamatsu Castle is a Japanese castle in northern Japan, at the center of the city of Aizuwakamatsu, in Fukushima…
Heian Palace
Palace & château · 8th century · #25 in Japan
The Heian Palace was the original imperial palace of Heian-kyō, then the capital of Japan.
Kōchi Castle
Castle · 17th century · #26 in Japan
Kōchi Castle is an Edo Period Japanese castle in the city of Kōchi, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan.
Matsuyama Castle
Castle · 17th century · #27 in Japan
Matsuyama Castle is a "flatland-mountain"-style Japanese castle that was built in 1603 on Mount Katsuyama, in the city of Matsuyama in Ehime…
Maruoka Castle
Castle · 16th century · #28 in Japan
Maruoka Castle is a hirayama-style Japanese castle located in the Maruoka neighbourhood of the city of Sakai, Fukui Prefecture, in the Hokuriku…
Kiyosu Castle
Castle · 14th century · #29 in Japan
Kiyosu Castle is a Japanese castle located in Kiyosu, western Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
Okazaki Castle
Castle · 15th century · #30 in Japan
Okazaki Castle is a Japanese castle located in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
Katsura Imperial Villa
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…
Heijō Palace
Palace & château · #32 in Japan
Heijō Palace was the imperial residence in the Japanese capital city Heijō-kyō, during most of the Nara period.
Kokura Castle
Castle · 17th century · #33 in Japan
Kokura Castle is a five-story castle in Kitakyushu, Japan. A castle was first built at the current site in 1569.
Oshi Castle
Castle · 15th century · #34 in Japan
Oshi Castle is a Japanese castle located in Gyōda, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.
Sunpu Castle
Castle · 16th century · #35 in Japan
Sunpu Castle is a Japanese castle in Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture in Japan.
Sendai Castle
Ruin · 17th century · #36 in Japan
Aoba Castle is a Japanese castle located in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. Throughout the Edo period, Aoba Castle was home to the Date clan, daimyō of…
Tottori Castle
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.
Matsumae Castle
Castle · 17th century · #38 in Japan
Matsumae Castle is a castle located in Matsumae, Hokkaido, Japan, and is the northernmost castle in Japan.
Yoshinogari site
Ruin · 4th century BC · #39 in Japan
Yoshinogari is a large and complex Yayoi period archaeological site located in the town of Yoshinogari and city of Kanzaki in Saga Prefecture,…
Iwamura Castle
Ruin · 12th century · #40 in Japan
Iwamura Castle was located in the southeastern area of Mino Province in Japan.
Wakayama Castle
Castle · 16th century · #41 in Japan
Wakayama Castle is a Japanese castle located in the city Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.
Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu
Castle · #42 in Japan
The Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu is a UNESCO World Heritage Site which consists of nine sites all located in the…
Takeda Castle
Ruin · 15th century · #43 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…
Ichijōdani Asakura Family Historic Ruins
Ruin · 15th century · #44 in Japan
The Ichijōdani Asakura Family Historic Ruins are historic ruins located in the Kidonouchi section of the city of Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, in the…
Taga Castle
Ruin · 8th century · #45 in Japan
Taga Castle was a jōsaku-style Japanese castle built in the late Nara period in what is now part of the city of Tagajō in Miyagi prefecture in the…
Imabari Castle
Castle · 17th century · #46 in Japan
Imabari Castle is a Japanese castle in Imabari, Ehime, Japan. It was the center of Imabari Domain during the Edo Period Tokugawa shogunate and was…
Marugame Castle
Castle · 16th century · #47 in Japan
Marugame Castle is an Edo Period Japanese castle in the city of Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan.
Shimabara Castle
Castle · 17th century · #48 in Japan
Shimabara Castle, also known as Moritake Castle and Takaki Castle, is a Japanese castle located in Shimabara, Hizen Province.
Hagi Castle
Ruin · 17th century · #49 in Japan
Hagi Castle is a Japanese castle located in the city of Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, in the San'yō region of Japan.
Takamatsu Castle (Sanuki)
Castle · 16th century · #50 in Japan
Takamatsu Castle is a Japanese castle located in central Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, on the island of Shikoku, Japan.
Nakijin Castle
Ruin · #51 in Japan
Nakijin Castle was a Ryūkyūan gusuku fortification located in the village of Nakijin, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
Hara Castle
Ruin · 15th century · #52 in Japan
The Hara Castle was a Sengoku period Japanese castle cemetery located in the Minami-Arima neighbourhood of city of Minamishimabara, Nagasaki…
Bitchū Matsuyama Castle
Castle · 13th century · #53 in Japan
Bitchū Matsuyama Castle, also known as Takahashi Castle, is a Japanese castle located in the city of Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, in the San'yō…
Toyama Castle
Castle · 16th century · #54 in Japan
Toyama Castle is a flatland-style Japanese castle located in the city of Toyama, Toyama Prefecture, in the Hokuriku region of Japan.
Uwajima Castle
Castle · 17th century · #55 in Japan
Uwajima Castle is a hirayama-jiro Japanese castle located in the city of Uwajima, Ehime, Japan. An alternate name for this castle is Tsurushima-jō.
Odani Castle
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,…
Kagoshima Castle
Ruin · 17th century · #57 in Japan
Kagoshima Castle was an Edo period flatland-style Japanese castle located in the city of Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.
Komoro Castle
Castle · 15th century · #58 in Japan
Komoro Castle is a Japanese castle located in the city of Komoro, central Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
Ueda Castle
Castle · 16th century · #59 in Japan
Ueda Castle is a Japanese castle located in Ueda, northern Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
Fukuoka Castle
Castle · 17th century · #60 in Japan
Fukuoka Castle is a Japanese castle located in Chūō-ku, Fukuoka, Japan. It is also known as Maizuru Castle or Seki Castle.
Sawayama Castle
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.
Kōriyama Castle
Ruin · 12th century · #62 in Japan
Kōriyama Castle is a flatlands-style Japanese castle located in the city of Yamatokōriyama, Nara Prefecture, Japan.
Kasugayama Castle
Ruin · #63 in Japan
Kasugayama Castle is a Sengoku period yamashiro-style Japanese castle located in the Nakayashiki neighborhood of the city of Jōetsu, Niigata…
Akashi Castle
Ruin · 17th century · #64 in Japan
Akashi Castle is an Edo period Japanese castle located in the city of Akashi, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
Nagahama Castle
Castle · 16th century · #65 in Japan
Nagahama Castle is a hirashiro located in Nagahama, Shiga Prefecture, Japan.
Komine Castle
Castle · 14th century · #66 in Japan
Komine Castle is a Japanese castle located in what is now the city of Shirakawa, southern Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
Kakegawa Castle
Castle · 15th century · #67 in Japan
Kakegawa Castle is a hirayama-style Japanese castle. It was the seat of various fudai daimyō clans who ruled over Kakegawa Domain, Tōtōmi Province,…
Kubota Castle
Castle · 17th century · #68 in Japan
Kubota Castle is a Japanese castle in Akita, Akita Prefecture, Japan. Throughout the Edo period, Kubota Castle was home to the Satake clan, daimyō of…
Ōzu Castle
Castle · 14th century · #69 in Japan
Ōzu Castle, also known as Jizōgatake Castle, is a castle located in Ōzu, Ehime Prefecture, Japan.
Morioka Castle
Castle · 16th century · #70 in Japan
Morioka Castle is a hirayama-style Japanese castle constructed in 1611. It was the seat of the Nanbu clan, a tozama daimyō clan who ruled over…
Ōgaki Castle
Castle · 16th century · #71 in Japan
Ōgaki Castle is a flatlands-style Japanese castle located in the city of Ōgaki, Gifu Prefecture, Japan.
Katsuren Castle
Castle · #72 in Japan
Katsuren Castle is a Ryūkyūan gusuku fortification located in the city of Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
Nakagusuku Castle
Ruin · 14th century · #73 in Japan
Nakagusuku Castle is a Ryukyuan gusuku fortification located in the village of Kitanakagusuku, Okinawa, Japan.
Tsuyama Castle
Castle · 15th century · #74 in Japan
Tsuyama Castle is a Japanese castle located in the Sange neighborhood of the city of Tsuyama, Okayama Prefecture, in the San'in region of Japan.
Nagoya Castle (Hizen Province)
Castle · 16th century · #75 in Japan
Nagoya Castle was a Japanese castle located in the Chinzei neighborhood of the city of Karatsu, Saga Prefecture.
Fukuyama Castle
Castle · 17th century · #76 in Japan
Fukuyama Castle, sometimes called Hisamatsu Castle or Iyō Castle was the castle of the Bingo-Fukuyama Han during the Edo period of Japanese history.
Gassantoda Castle
Ruin · 14th century · #77 in Japan
Gassantoda Castle was a Sengoku period yamajiro-style Japanese castle located in Izumo Province, in what is now part of the city of Yasugi, Shimane…
Takamatsu Castle (Bitchū)
Ruin · #78 in Japan
Takamatsu Castle of Bitchū Province was a Sengoku period Japanese castle located in what is today the Kayo neighborhood of Kita-ku, Okayama in…
Hamamatsu Castle
Ruin · 16th century · #79 in Japan
Hamamatsu Castle is a hirayama-style Japanese castle ruin, with some replica castle buildings.
Akita Castle
Ruin · 8th century · #80 in Japan
Akita Castle refers to the ruins of a Nara period fortified settlement located in what is now the city Akita, Akita Prefecture, Japan.
Akō Castle
Ruin · 17th century · #81 in Japan
Akō Castle is a former flatland Japanese castle located in the city of Akō, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
Daikaku-ji Temple
Palace & château · 9th century · #82 in Japan
Daikaku-ji is a Shingon Buddhist temple in Ukyō-ku, a western ward in the city of Kyoto, Japan.
Jurakudai
Palace & château · 16th century · #83 in Japan
The Jurakudai or Jurakutei was a palace constructed at the order of Toyotomi Hideyoshi in Kyoto, Japan.
Iwakuni Castle
Castle · 17th century · #84 in Japan
Iwakuni Castle is a replica castle in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi, Japan. The nearby Kintai Bridge was originally a footbridge over the Nishiki River to the…
Iga Ueno Castle
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.
Fukui Castle
Castle · 17th century · #86 in Japan
Fukui Castle is a flatland-style castle located in what is now the city of Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.
Sunomata Castle
Castle · 16th century · #87 in Japan
Sunomata Castle is a Japanese castle in Ōgaki in Gifu Prefecture at the confluence of the Sai and Nagara rivers.
Mito Castle
Ruin · 12th century · #88 in Japan
Mito Castle was a 12th-century Japanese castle with an extensive history, now in ruins, located in what was Hitachi Province.
Yamagata Castle
Castle · 14th century · #89 in Japan
Yamagata Castle is a flatland-style Japanese castle located in the center of the city of Yamagata, eastern Yamagata Prefecture, Japan.
Kishiwada Castle
Castle · #90 in Japan
Kishiwada Castle is a Japanese castle located in the city of Kishiwada, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
Utsunomiya Castle
Castle · #91 in Japan
Utsunomiya Castle is a Japanese castle located in Utsunomiya, central Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.
Kawagoe Castle
Castle · 15th century · #92 in Japan
Kawagoe Castle is a flatland Japanese castle in the city of Kawagoe, in Japan's Saitama Prefecture.
Kannonji Castle
Ruin · 15th century · #93 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,…
Sasayama Castle
Ruin · 17th century · #94 in Japan
Sasayama Castle is an early Edo Period Japanese castle located in the city of Tamba-Sasayama, Hyōgo, Japan.
Hirado Castle
Castle · 18th century · #95 in Japan
Hirado Castle was the seat of the Matsura clan, the daimyō of Hirado Domain, of Hizen Province, Kyūshū.
Zakimi Castle
Ruin · 15th century · #96 in Japan
Zakimi Castle is a Ryūkyūan gusuku fortification located in the village of Yomitan, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
Fukuchiyama Castle
Castle · 16th century · #97 in Japan
Fukuchiyama Castle is a castle located in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.
Matsushiro Castle
Castle · 16th century · #98 in Japan
Matsushiro Castle, formerly known as Kaizu Castle, is a Japanese castle located in former Matsushiro town, now part of Nagano City.
Nakatsu Castle
Castle · 16th century · #99 in Japan
Nakatsu Castle is a Japanese castle in the city of Nakatsu in Ōita Prefecture.
Takatō Castle
Castle · 16th century · #100 in Japan
Takatō Castle is a Japanese castle located in the city of Ina, southern Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
Funai Castle
Castle · 16th century · #101 in Japan
Funai Castle is a 16th-century castle, located in Ōita city, Ōita Prefecture, Japan.
Itami Castle
Ruin · #102 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.
Yoshida-Kōriyama Castle
Ruin · 14th century · #103 in Japan
Yoshida-Kōriyama Castle was a Japanese castle located in Akitakata, Hiroshima Prefecture.
Saga Castle
Castle · 17th century · #104 in Japan
Saga Castle is a Japanese castle located in Saga City, Saga Prefecture, Japan.
Nagashino Castle
Ruin · 16th century · #105 in Japan
Nagashino Castle was a Sengoku period Japanese castle located in what is now Shinshiro, eastern Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
Maizuru Castle Park
Castle · 16th century · #106 in Japan
Kōfu Castle was a Japanese castle located in the city of Kōfu, Yamanashi Prefecture, in the Chubu region of Japan.
Minowa Castle
Ruin · 16th century · #107 in Japan
Minowa Castle was a "hirayama"-style castle located in the Misato neighborhood of the city of Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan.
Shugaku-in Imperial Villa
Palace & château · 17th century · #108 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,…
Chihaya 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.
Hachiōji Castle
Ruin · 16th century · #110 in Japan
Hachiōji Castle was a Sengoku period Japanese castle, located in what is now the city of Hachiōji, Tokyo, in the Kantō region of Japan.
Yonezawa Castle
Castle · 13th century · #111 in Japan
Yonezawa Castle is a flatland-style Japanese castle located in the center of the city of Yonezawa, southern Yamagata Prefecture, Japan.
Hachigata Castle
Ruin · 15th century · #112 in Japan
Hachigata Castle was a Sengoku period Japanese castle, located in the town of Yorii, Saitama Prefecture, in the Kantō region of Japan.
Nihonmatsu Castle
Castle · 14th century · #113 in Japan
Nihonmatsu Castle is a Japanese castle located in what is now the city of Nihonmatsu, northern Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
Amagasaki Castle
Castle · 17th century · #114 in Japan
Amagasaki Castle was a flatland type Japanese castle located in the city of Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
Ashikaga Clan Residence (Banna-ji)
Castle · 12th century · #115 in Japan
Banna-ji is a Buddhist temple of the Shingon tradition in the city of Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, in northern Kantō region of Japan.
Kanayama Castle
Castle · 15th century · #116 in Japan
Kanayama Castle was a Sengoku period yamashiro-style castle located on top of Mount Kanayama in what is now Ōta, Gunma Prefecture, Japan.
Kameyama Castle (Kyoto)
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.
Ne Castle
Castle · 14th century · #118 in Japan
Ne Castle is a Muromachi period Motte-and-bailey-style Japanese castle located in what is now the city of Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, in the Tōhoku…
Takada Castle
Castle · 17th century · #119 in Japan
Takada Castle) was an Edo period flatland-style Japanese castle located in what is now the center of the city of Jōetsu, Niigata Prefecture in the…
Numata Castle
Castle · 16th century · #120 in Japan
Numata Castle is a Japanese castle located in Numata, northern Gunma Prefecture, Japan.
Tsutsujigasaki Castle
Castle · 16th century · #121 in Japan
Tsutsujigasaki Castle was the fortified residence of the final three generations of the Takeda clan, located in the center of the city of Kōfu,…
Tokushima Castle
Ruin · 16th century · #122 in Japan
Tokushima Castle was an Edo period Japanese castle located in the city of Tokushima, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan.
Shōren-in Temple
Palace & château · 12th century · #123 in Japan
Shōren-in is a Buddhist temple located in the Awadaguchi Sanjōbōchō neighborhood of Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan.
Takashima Castle
Castle · 16th century · #124 in Japan
Takashima Castle is a Japanese castle located in Suwa, central Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
Shibata Castle
Castle · 16th century · #125 in Japan
Shibata Castle is a flatland-style Japanese castle located in the city of Shibata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.
Shiroishi Castle
Castle · 16th century · #126 in Japan
Shiroishi Castle is a flatland-style Japanese castle in what is now the city of Shiroishi, Miyagi.
Miki Castle
Castle · 15th century · #127 in Japan
Miki Castle was a Japanese castle in Miki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It was built by Bessho Nagaharu in the Sengoku period.
Mizuki
Ruin · 7th century · #128 in Japan
Mizuki Castle was an ancient castle (also known as a Korean-style fortresses in Japan straddling the border of the cities of Ōnojō, Dazaifu, and…
Karatsu Castle
Castle · 17th century · #129 in Japan
Karatsu Castle is a Japanese castle located in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, Japan.
Oka Castle
Ruin · 12th century · #130 in Japan
Oka Castle was a Sengoku to Edo period yamajiro-style Japanese castle located in the city of Taketa, Ōita Prefecture, Japan.
Sakura Castle
Ruin · 17th century · #131 in Japan
Sakura Castle was a 17th-century castle, now in ruins, in Sakura, Chiba Prefecture.
Yoshida Castle
Castle · 16th century · #132 in Japan
Yoshida Castle is a Japanese castle located in Toyohashi, southeastern Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
Tsuwano Castle
Ruin · 14th century · #133 in Japan
Tsuwano Castle was a Japanese castle located in what is now the city of Tsuwano, Shimane Prefecture, in the San'in region of far western Japan.
Gujō Hachiman Castle
Castle · 16th century · #134 in Japan
Gujō Hachiman Castle is a yamashiro, or "mountain castle", located on Hachiman Mountain in the city of Gujō, Gifu Prefecture, Japan.
Nanao Castle
Ruin · 15th century · #135 in Japan
Nanao Castle was a Muromachi period yamajiro-style Japanese castle located in what is now the city of Nanao, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the Hokuriku…
Takatori Castle
Ruin · 14th century · #136 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…
Sumoto Castle
Castle · 16th century · #137 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.
Yamanaka Castle
Ruin · 16th century · #138 in Japan
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…
Ki Castle
Castle · 7th century · #139 in Japan
Kino Castle was an ancient kōgoishi type castle located in the city of Sōja, Okayama Prefecture, Japan.
Takaoka Castle
Castle · 17th century · #140 in Japan
Takaoka Castle was a flatland-style Japanese castle in what is now the city of Takaoka, Toyama Japan.
Takasaki Castle
Castle · 16th century · #141 in Japan
Takasaki Castle is a Japanese castle located in Takasaki, southern Gunma Prefecture, Japan.
Ōno Castle
Castle · 16th century · #142 in Japan
Ōno Castle was a Japanese castle located in the city of Ōno, Fukui Prefecture, in the Hokuriku region of Japan.
Shōryūji Castle
Castle · #143 in Japan
Shōryūji Castle is a castle in Nagaokakyō, Kyoto, Japan.
Kitanosho Castle
Castle · 16th century · #144 in Japan
Kitanosho Castle was a hirashiro. Its remains are located in current-day Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.
Kuwana Castle
Castle · 17th century · #145 in Japan
Kuwana Castle is a Japanese castle located in Kuwana, northern Mie Prefecture, Japan.
Tsu Castle
Castle · 16th century · #146 in Japan
Tsu Castle was a Japanese castle located in the city of Tsu, Mie Prefecture, Japan.
Obi Castle
Castle · 16th century · #147 in Japan
Obi Castle is a Japanese castle originally completed in 1588. It was the center of the old Obi Domain, now a part of Miyazaki Prefecture.
Tatsuno Castle
Castle · 15th century · #148 in Japan
Maebashi Castle
Castle · 19th century · #149 in Japan
Maebashi Castle is a castle located in Maebashi, central Gunma Prefecture, Japan.
Izushi Castle
Castle · 17th century · #150 in Japan
Izushi Castle is a hirayamajiro, or castle situated on a hill, located in Izushi, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
Akutagawayama Castle
Ruin · 16th century · #151 in Japan
Akutagawayama Castle was a Sengoku period mountain-top castle in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Located on a 182.6 meter mountain.
Ōtaki Castle
Castle · 16th century · #152 in Japan
Ōtaki Castle is a Japanese castle located in Ōtaki, southeast Chiba Prefecture, Japan. In the Edo period, Ōtaki Castle was given to Honda Tadakatsu.
Karasawa Castle
Castle · 15th century · #153 in Japan
Karasawayama Castle was a Japanese castle originally built in the Heian period and used through the end of the Sengoku period.
Iwatsuki Castle
Castle · 15th century · #154 in Japan
Iwatsuki Castle is a Japanese castle located in Iwatsuki-ku, Saitama, in Saitama Prefecture, Japan.
Ōno Castle (Chikuzen)
Ruin · 7th century · #155 in Japan
Ōno Castle was an ancient castle (also known as a Korean-style fortresses in Japan straddling the border of the cities of Ōnojō and Dazaifu, and the…
Kaminoyama Castle
Castle · 16th century · #156 in Japan
Kaminoyama Castle is a hirayama-style Japanese castle located in the center of the city of Kaminoyama, eastern Yamagata Prefecture, Japan.
Kaneda Castle
Ruin · 7th century · #157 in Japan
Kaneda Castle was a Korean-style fortress located in Tsushima, Nagasaki prefecture.
Hitoyoshi Castle
Ruin · 12th century · #158 in Japan
Hitoyoshi Castle was an Edo period flatlands-style Japanese castle located in the city of Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.
Kurume Castle
Ruin · 16th century · #159 in Japan
Kurume Castle was a castle structure in Kurume, Japan. Kurume Castle was built by the ninth son of Mōri Motonari, Kobayakawa Hidekane in 1587.
Benten Daiba
Fortress · 19th century · #160 in Japan
Benten Daiba was a coastal battery constructed in the late Edo period in what is now Benten-chō, Hakodate City, Hokkaido, as one of a group of…
Tatebayashi Castle
Castle · 16th century · #161 in Japan
Tatebayashi Castle is a Japanese castle located in Tatebayashi, southern Gunma Prefecture, Japan.
Yatsushiro Castle
Ruin · 17th century · #162 in Japan
Yatsushiro Castle is the remains of a castle structure in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.
Matsusaka Castle
Ruin · 16th century · #163 in Japan
Matsusaka Castle was a Japanese castle located in the city of Matsusaka, Mie Prefecture, Japan.
Tsuchiura Castle
Castle · #164 in Japan
Tsuchiura Castle is a flatland-style Japanese castle located in Tsuchiura, southern Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.
Obama Castle (Wakasa Province)
Castle · 17th century · #165 in Japan
Obama Castle was a seaside-style castle located in what is now the city of Obama, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.
Tateyama Castle
Castle · 16th century · #166 in Japan
Tateyama Castle is a Japanese castle located in Tateyama, southern Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
Tatsuoka Castle
Ruin · 19th century · #167 in Japan
Tatsuoka Castle was a Bakumatsu period pentagonal "star fort" located in what is now part of the city of Saku, Nagano prefecture.
Sakamoto Castle
Castle · 16th century · #168 in Japan
Sakamoto Castle was a lakeside castle in the Sengoku period, located in Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan.
Murakami Castle
Castle · 15th century · #169 in Japan
Murakami Castle is a Japanese castle located in Murakami, northern Niigata Prefecture, Japan.
Yuzuki Castle
Castle · 14th century · #170 in Japan
Yuzuki Castle was a former Japanese castle located in the city of Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan.
Suemori Castle
Castle · 16th century · #171 in Japan
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.
Shiryōkaku
Fortress · 19th century · #172 in Japan
Shiryōkaku is a fort in the city of Hakodate in southern Hokkaidō, Japan. It was constructed in April 1869, during the Battle of Hakodate, three…
Kameyama Castle (Mie)
Castle · 16th century · #173 in Japan
Kameyama Castle is a Japanese castle located in Kameyama, northern Mie Prefecture, Japan.
Sekiyado Castle
Castle · 16th century · #174 in Japan
Sekiyado Castle is a Japanese castle located in Noda, northwestern Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
Zeze Castle
Castle · 17th century · #175 in Japan
Zeze Castle, is a hirashiro-style Japanese castle located in eastern part of the city of Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan.
Ichinomiya Castle
Castle · 14th century · #176 in Japan
Ichinomiya Castle is a mountaintop castle in Tokushima, Japan.
Kushima Castle
Castle · 16th century · #177 in Japan
Kushima Castle, also known as Ōmura Castle from its location, is a Japanese castle located in Ōmura, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan.
Mihara Castle
Ruin · #178 in Japan
Mihara Castle was a hirajiro-style Japanese castle located in what is today the city of Mihara in Hiroshima Prefecture.
Ishigakiyama Castle
Ruin · 16th century · #179 in Japan
Ishigakiyama Ichiya Castle was a late Sengoku period Japanese castle in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
Nagurumi Castle
Ruin · 15th century · #180 in Japan
Nagurumi Castle is a castle structure in Tone, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. The castle played historically important role because invasion of the castle…
Iimoriyama Castle
Ruin · 14th century · #181 in Japan
Iimoriyama Castle was a Sengoku period mountain-top castle in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Located on a 315.9 meter mountain.
Takayama Castle
Castle · 16th century · #182 in Japan
Takayama Castle was a Japanese castle located in the city of Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, Japan.
Iwabitsu Castle
Ruin · #183 in Japan
Iwabitsu Castle is a "yamashiro"-style (castle located on Mount Iwabitsu in Higashiagatsuma, Gunma Prefecture, Japan.
Yonago Castle
Ruin · #184 in Japan
Yonago Castle was an Edo period Japanese castle located in the city of Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, in the San'in region of Japan.
Kururi Castle
Castle · 15th century · #185 in Japan
Kururi Castle is a Japanese castle located in Kimitsu, southern Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
Tanabe Castle
Castle · #186 in Japan
Tanabe Castle is a flatland-style Japanese castle located in Maizuru, northern Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.
Shigisan Castle
Ruin · 16th century · #187 in Japan
Shigisan castle was a Japanese castle of the Sengoku period, controlled by the Kizawa and Matsunaga clans.
Kitsuki Castle
Ruin · 14th century · #188 in Japan
Kitsuki Castle is an Edo period yamajiro-style Japanese castle located in the city of Kitsuki, Ōita Prefecture, Japan.
Tomioka Castle
Castle · 17th century · #189 in Japan
Tomioka Castle is a Japanese castle located in Tomioka, Reihoku Town, Amakusa District, Kumamoto Prefecture.
Tanaka Castle
Castle · 16th century · #190 in Japan
Tanaka Castle is a Japanese castle located in Fujieda, central Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
Nagaoka Castle
Castle · 16th century · #191 in Japan
Nagaoka Castle was a Japanese castle located in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.
Shinpu Castle
Ruin · 16th century · #192 in Japan
Shinpu Castle was a Sengoku period hirayama-style Japanese castle located in what is now part of the city of Nirasaki, Yamanashi prefecture.
Yodo Castle
Castle · #193 in Japan
Japanese castle in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto city. built in 1623
Nishio Castle
Castle · 16th century · #194 in Japan
Nishio Castle is a Japanese castle located in the city of Nishio, eastern Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
Nemuro Peninsula Chashi Sites
Ruin · 18th century · #195 in Japan
Nemuro Peninsula Chashi Sites is a grouping of twenty-four Ainu chashi on the Nemuro Peninsula in Nemuro, Hokkaidō, Japan that have been jointly…
Kozukue Castle
Ruin · #196 in Japan
Kozukue Castle is the name for the earthly remains of a castle structure in Kozukue, Kōho-ku ward of Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
Okō Castle
Ruin · #197 in Japan
Okō Castle was a Japanese castle structure located in what is now part of the city of Nankoku Kōchi Prefecture, Japan.
Hachimanyama Castle
Ruin · 16th century · #198 in Japan
Hachimanyama Castle was a castle in Ōmihachiman, Japan, on the eastern shore of Lake Biwa in Shiga prefecture.
Yakami Castle
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.
Yamashina Hongan-ji
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.
Hiji Castle
Castle · 17th century · #201 in Japan
Hiji Castle, also known as Yōkoku Castle, Aoyagi Castle, and Ukitsu Castle, was a castle located in Hiji, Ōita Prefecture, Japan.
Hinoe Castle
Ruin · 13th century · #202 in Japan
The Hinoe Castle was a Sengoku period Japanese castle cemetery located in the Kita-Arima neighbourhood of city of Minamishimabara, Nagasaki…
Hachinohe Castle
Ruin · 17th century · #203 in Japan
Hachinohe Castle was a Japanese castle that formed the administrative center of Hachinohe Domain, a feudal domain of the Nambu clan, located in the…
Toba Castle
Ruin · 16th century · #204 in Japan
Toba Castle was a Japanese castle located in the city of Toba, Mie Prefecture, Japan.
Noda Castle
Castle · 16th century · #205 in Japan
Noda Castle was a Sengoku period castle located in eastern Mikawa Province in what is today part of the city of Shinshiro, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
Takatenjin Castle
Ruin · #206 in Japan
Takatenjin Castle was a Sengoku period yamashiro-style Japanese castle located in the Kamihijikata and Shimohijikata neighborhoods of the city of…
Usuki Castle
Castle · #207 in Japan
Usuki Castle is a Japanese castle in Usuki, Ōita Prefecture, Japan. Another name of this castle is Nyūjima Castle.
Iwasaki Castle
Castle · #208 in Japan
Iwasaki Castle is a hill castle located in the city of Nisshin, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
Oda Castle
Castle · #209 in Japan
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…
Tsurugaoka Castle
Castle · #210 in Japan
Tsurugaoka Castle is a flatland-style Japanese castle constructed in early Edo period in the city of Tsuruoka, Yamagata.
Naegi Castle
Castle · 16th century · #211 in Japan
Naegi Castle was a Japanese castle that formed the administrative center of Naegi Domain, a feudal domain of the Tōyama clan, located in what is now…
Kuroi Castle
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.
Najima Castle
Castle · 16th century · #213 in Japan
Najima Castle is a hilltop castle, located in Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Today, only its ruins still stand.
Kanegasaki Castle
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…
Tachibana Castle
Castle · 14th century · #215 in Japan
Tachibanayama Castle was a Japanese castle in Chikuzen Province, in the north of Kyūshū.
Arikoyama Castle
Ruin · 16th century · #216 in Japan
Arikoyama Castle was a Sengoku period Japanese castle located in the Izushi neighborhood of the city of Toyooka, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
Yokote Castle
Castle · 16th century · #217 in Japan
Yokote Castle was built by the Onodera clan in 1550, in Akita prefecture. While it was constructed in 1500s, it's believed there were fortifications…
Nagashima Castle
Castle · #218 in Japan
Nagashima Castle, is a hirashiro-style Japanese castle located in northern part of the city of Kuwana, Mie Prefecture, Japan.
Kasama Castle
Castle · 13th century · #219 in Japan
Kasama Castle is a Japanese castle located in Kasama, central Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.
Nirayama Castle
Ruin · 15th century · #220 in Japan
Nirayama Castle was a hilltop Japanese castle, now in ruins, located in the Nirayama neighborhood of the city of Izunokuni, Shizuoka, in the Tōkai…
Iwadeyama Castle
Castle · #221 in Japan
Iwadeyama Castle was a castle in Ōsaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. After serving Hideyoshi for a time, Date Masamune was given Iwatesawa castle and…
Shingū Castle
Castle · 17th century · #222 in Japan
Shingū Castle is a Japanese castle located in the city of Shingū, southern Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.
Miyazu Castle
Castle · #223 in Japan
Miyazu Castle is a flatland-style Japanese castle located in Miyazu, northern Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.
Takiyama Castle
Ruin · 16th century · #224 in Japan
Takiyama Castle was a Japanese castle located in what is now the Tani neighborhood of the city of Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan.
Twelve Garrisons of Southern Hokkaido
Ruin · #225 in Japan
The Twelve Garrisons of Southern Hokkaido was a general term encompassing the Japanese feudal possessions in southern Ezo.
Matsukura Castle
Castle · 14th century · #226 in Japan
Matsukura Castle was a Muromachi period yamajiro-style Japanese castle located in what is now the city of Uozu, Toyama Prefecture, in the Hokuriku…
Kitabatake Clan Residence
Castle · 17th century · #227 in Japan
Kitabatake Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in the Misugi neighborhood of the city of Tsu, Mie Prefecture, Japan.
Minakuchi Castle
Castle · #228 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.
Miyao Castle
Castle · #229 in Japan
Miyao Castle was a fortification built on the island of Itsukushima during the Sengoku Period in Japan.
Kōkokuji Castle
Ruin · #230 in Japan
Kōkokuji Castle was a Sengoku period yamashiro-style Japanese castle located in the Negoya neighborhood of the city of Numazu, Shizuoka prefecture.
Urasoe Castle
Ruin · #231 in Japan
Urasoe Castle is a Ryūkyūan gusuku fortification which served as the capital of the medieval Okinawan principality of Chūzan prior to the unification…
Kunohe Castle
Castle · #232 in Japan
Kunohe Castle was a Japanese castle controlled by the Nanbu clan located in what is now the city of Ninohe, Iwate Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of…
Sadowara Castle
Castle · 14th century · #233 in Japan
Sadowara Castle is a Japanese castle located in the Sadowara neighborhood of the city of Miyazaki, Miyazaki Prefecture, on the island of Kyushu,…
Tahara Castle
Castle · 15th century · #234 in Japan
Tahara Castle is a Japanese castle located in Tahara, southern Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
Ishida Castle
Ruin · 19th century · #235 in Japan
Ishida Castle is the remains of a castle structure in Gotō, Nagasaki prefecture. Also well known as "Fukue castle ".
Shibushi Castle
Ruin · #236 in Japan
Shibushi Castle was a Muromachi to early Edo period hirajiro-style Japanese castle located in the city of Shibushi, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.
Kaneyama Castle
Ruin · 16th century · #237 in Japan
Mino Kaneyama Castle was a Sengoku period Japanese castle located in Kani, Gifu Prefecture, Japan.
Karasuyama Castle
Castle · 15th century · #238 in Japan
Karasuyama Castle is a Japanese castle located in Nasukarasuyama, northern Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.
Kikuchi Castle
Ruin · #239 in Japan
Kikuchi Castle was an ancient castle (also known as a Korean-style fortresses in Japan in the city of Kikuchi, Kumamoto Prefecture Japan.
Suwahara Castle
Ruin · 16th century · #240 in Japan
Suwahara Castle was a Sengoku period yamashiro-style Japanese castle located in the Kanaya neighborhood of the city of Shimada, Shizuoka prefecture,…
Tamaru Castle
Castle · #241 in Japan
Tamaru Castle was a Japanese castle located in Tamaki, northern Mie Prefecture, Japan.
Shōzui Castle
Ruin · #242 in Japan
Shōzui Castle was a Muromachi to Sengoku period Japanese castle located in the town of Aizumi, Itano District, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan.
Shinjō Castle
Castle · 17th century · #243 in Japan
Shinjō Castle is a Japanese castle located in Shinjō, northern Yamagata Prefecture, Japan.
Nochiseyama Castle
Ruin · 16th century · #244 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…
Shakujii Castle
Castle · 12th century · #245 in Japan
Shakujii castle was a Japanese castle along the Shakujii River, in what is now Shakujii Park, in Tokyo's Nerima.
Uda Matsuyama Castle
Ruin · #246 in Japan
Uda Matsuyama Castle is a yamajiro-style Japanese castle located in the city of Uda, Nara Prefecture, Japan.
Hamada Castle
Ruin · 17th century · #247 in Japan
Hamada Castle is a castle structure in Hamada, Shimane Prefecture, Japan.
Noshima Castle
Ruin · #248 in Japan
Noshima Castle was a Sengoku period Japanese castle in Ehime Prefecture, Japan, located on an island in the Seto Inland Sea.
Moto Sakura Castle
Ruin · 15th century · #249 in Japan
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…
Jōjō Castle
Ruin · 13th century · #250 in Japan
Jōjō Castle was a hirashiro located in Kasugai, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It was built in 1218 by Osaka Kouzen. Currently only ruins are left.
Shinoridate
Ruin · #251 in Japan
The site of Shinoridate in Hakodate, Hokkaidō, Japan, is that once occupied by the Shinori Fort or Fortified Residence.
Genbao Castle
Ruin · #252 in Japan
Genbao Castle was a Sengoku period yamashiro-style Japanese castle located in the border area of what is now part of the cities of Tsuruga, Fukui…
Matsukura Castle (Hida Province)
Castle · 16th century · #253 in Japan
Matsukura Castle was a castle in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It was built by, and ruled from, by Yasutane Shiina during the 16th century.
Konosumiyama Castle
Castle · 14th century · #254 in Japan
Konosumiyama Castle was a Muromachi to Sengoku period Japanese castle located in the Izushi neighborhood of the city of Toyooka, Hyōgo Prefecture,…
Akagi Castle
Ruin · 16th century · #255 in Japan
Akagi Castle was a Sengoku period hirayama-style Japanese castle located in the Kiwa neighborhood of the city of Kumano, Mie prefecture.
Wakasa Oniga Castle
Ruin · 12th century · #256 in Japan
Wakasa Oniga Castle was a Sengoku period mountain-top Japanese castle located in what is now the town of Wakasa, Tottori Prefecture, in the San'in…
Mibu Castle
Castle · 15th century · #257 in Japan
Mibu Castle is a Japanese castle located in Mibu, southern Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.
Sagiyama Castle
Ruin · #258 in Japan
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…
Kii Castle
Ruin · 7th century · #259 in Japan
Kii Castle was an ancient castle (also known as a Korean-style fortresses in Japan straddling Mt. Kizan where the border between the city of…
Yogaisan Castle
Ruin · 16th century · #260 in Japan
Yōgaiyama Castle was a Sengoku period yamajiro located in Kai Province, constructed in the 1520s by the Takeda clan.
Namioka Castle
Ruin · 14th century · #261 in Japan
Namioka Castle was a Muromachi period Japanese castle located in what is now the city of Aomori, Aomori Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of far…
Tochio Castle
Ruin · #262 in Japan
Tochio Castle was a castle structure in Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan. The site is located on a 227-meter mountain.
Kakunodate Castle
Castle · #263 in Japan
Kakunodate Castle, also known as Asakura Castle and Ryugasaki Castle, was a mountaintop castle located in Kakunodate, Akita Prefecture, Japan.
Aya Castle
Castle · #264 in Japan
Aya Castle is a castle located in Aya, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan.
Miharu Castle
Castle · 16th century · #265 in Japan
Miharu Castle is a hilltop-style Japanese castle located in the town of Miharu, Tamura District, Fukushima Prefecture, in the southern Tōhoku region…
Kamaha Castle
Ruin · #266 in Japan
Kamaha Castle was a Sengoku period yamashiro-style Japanese castle located in the Banba neighborhood of the city of Maibara, Shiga Prefecture, in the…
Kuniyoshi Castle
Ruin · 16th century · #267 in Japan
Kuniyoshi Castle is a castle structure in Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan.
Numazu Castle
Castle · 18th century · #268 in Japan
Numazu Castle was a Japanese castle located in the city of Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
Koromo Castle
Castle · 18th century · #269 in Japan
Koromo Castle is a Japanese castle located in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
Minato Castle
Castle · #270 in Japan
Minato Castle was a Japanese castle in what is now Tsuchizaki Minato, Akita, Akita Prefecture, Japan.
Katsuyama-date
Ruin · 15th century · #271 in Japan
Katsuyama Date is the remains of a castle or fortified residence in Hiyama, Hokkaido, Japan.
Ōuchi-shi Yakata
Ruin · #272 in Japan
Ōuchi-shi Yakata was the fortified residence of the Ōuchi clan in Yamaguchi, Japan.
Saiki Castle
Ruin · 17th century · #273 in Japan
Saiki Castle was an Edo period yamajiro-style Japanese castle located in the city of Saiki, Ōita Prefecture, Japan.
Nobeoka Castle
Castle · #274 in Japan
Nobeoka Castle is the remains of a castle structure in Nobeoka, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan.
Masuyama Castle
Ruin · 14th century · #275 in Japan
Masuyama Castle was a Muromachi period yamashiro-style Japanese castle located in what is now part of the city of Tonami, Toyama Prefecture in the…
Sugiyama Castle
Ruin · #276 in Japan
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…
Kōnomine Castle
Ruin · 16th century · #277 in Japan
Kōnomine Castle is a castle structure in Yamaguchi, Japan. It is located on a 338 meter mountain.
Amagiri Castle
Ruin · 14th century · #278 in Japan
Amagiri Castle was a Muromachi period Japanese castle located on the border of what is now the cities of Zentsūji and Mitoyo and the town of Tadotsu,…
Torigoe Castle
Ruin · 16th century · #279 in Japan
Torigoe Castle was a Sengoku period yamashiro-style Japanese castle located in the Torigoe area of what is now part of the city of Hakusan, Ishikawa…
Mukaihaguroyama Castle
Castle · 17th century · #280 in Japan
Mukaihaguroyama Castle, also known as Iwasaki Castle, was an Edo period Japanese castle located in the town of Aizumisato, southern Fukushima…
Sugaya Yakata
Ruin · #281 in Japan
Sugaya Yakata was a Japanese castle located in what is now the town of Ranzan, Hiki District, Saitama, Japan.
Samegao Castle
Ruin · #282 in Japan
Samegao Castle was a Sengoku period yamashiro-style Japanese castle located in what is now the Yukimori and Miyauchi neighborhoods of the city of…
Wakimoto Castle
Ruin · #283 in Japan
Wakimoto Castle is a Sengoku period Japanese castle located in Oga, Akita Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of Japan.
Hiketa Castle
Ruin · #284 in Japan
Hiketa Castle was a Sengoku period Japanese castle located in what is now part of the city of Higashikagawa, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan.
Shimo-Akasaka Castle
Ruin · #285 in Japan
Shimo-Akasaka Castle is a late Kamakura period Japanese castle located in the village of Chihayaakasaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
Obama Castle (Mutsu Province)
Castle · #286 in Japan
Obama Castle was a mountain castle in the former Iwashiro, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
Niitakayama Castle
Ruin · 16th century · #287 in Japan
Niitakayama Castle of Aki Province was a yamajiro-style Japanese castle located in what is today the Hongō neighborhood of the city of Mihara in…
Agena Castle
Castle · #288 in Japan
Agena Castle Ryūkyūan gusuku fortification located in the north of Agena district of Uruma, Okinawa, in former Gushikawa.
Tsunomure Castle
Ruin · 13th century · #289 in Japan
Tsunomure Castle was a yamajiro-style Japanese castle located in the town of Kusu, Ōita Prefecture, Japan.
Chiran Castle
Ruin · #290 in Japan
Chiran Castle was a Japanese castle located in the Chiran area of the city of Minamikyūshū, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.
Kanjōsan Castle
Ruin · #291 in Japan
Kanjōsan Castle is the remains of a Muromachi period Japanese castle structure located in the city of Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
Fukuyama Castle (Sōja)
Ruin · #292 in Japan
Fukuyama Castle of Bitchū Province was a Nanboku-chō period yamajiro-style Japanese castle located in what is today the Kiyonemiyori neighborhood of…
Ina Castle
Castle · #293 in Japan
Ina Castle is a castle located in the Kozakai area of Toyokawa city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
Furumiya Castle
Ruin · 16th century · #294 in Japan
Furumiya Castle is a castle structure in Shinshiro, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The castle was built by Takeda Shingen's general Baba Nobuharu The…
Nakamurayama Castle
Castle · #295 in Japan
Nakamurayama Castle was a hirayamashiro located in Owase, Mie Prefecture, Japan. It was built by Naka Sinhachirō.
Komakiyama Castle
Castle · 16th century · #296 in Japan

Frequently asked questions

How many castles are in Japan?

The Castlemap atlas maps 296 landmarks (166 castles · 2 fortresses · 10 palaces & châteaux · 118 ruins) in Japan — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks from Wikidata, not a count of every fortification ever built.

What is the most famous castle in Japan?

Himeji Castle, ranked #28 of 7,044 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking, founded in the 14th century.

What is the oldest castle in Japan?

The oldest dated landmark in the atlas in Japan is Yoshinogari site, founded 400 BC. Earlier structures may have existed — this is the oldest with a documented founding year.

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