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Guide to Japanese Castles
Use these criteria to search for castles.
Condition
Castle Type
Destination
Historical Sites
Historical Value
Prefecture
- Aichi (7)
- Akita (1)
- Aomori (1)
- Chiba (4)
- Ehime (4)
- Fukui (4)
- Fukuoka (2)
- Fukushima (3)
- Gifu (4)
- Gunma (2)
- Hiroshima (3)
- Hokkaido (2)
- Hyogo (6)
- Ibaraki (3)
- Ishikawa (2)
- Iwate (1)
- Kagawa (2)
- Kanagawa (1)
- Kochi (1)
- Kumamoto (1)
- Kyoto (2)
- Mie (3)
- Miyagi (2)
- Miyazaki (1)
- Nagano (6)
- Nagasaki (1)
- Oita (3)
- Okayama (2)
- Okinawa (5)
- Osaka (2)
- Saga (1)
- Saitama (3)
- Shiga (6)
- Shimane (2)
- Shizuoka (4)
- Tochigi (3)
- Tokyo (2)
- Wakayama (1)
- Yamagata (2)
- Yamaguchi (2)
- Yamanashi (3)
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Text List 1.
Azuchi Castle
- Condition: Ruins
- Castle Type: Hilltop
- Prefecture: Shiga
- Historical Site: Special Historic Site
- Historical Value: Top 100
- Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★
- Visited: 2004
2.
Aya Castle
- Condition: Reconstructed
- Castle Type: Mountaintop
- Prefecture: Miyazaki
- Historical Value: Top 100
- Rating: ★ ★ ★
- Visited: Viewer Donated
3.
Akashi Castle
- Condition: Ruins
- Castle Type: Hilltop
- Prefecture: Hyogo
- Historical Site: National Historic Site
- Historical Value: Top 100
- Historical Value: has Important Cultural Properties
- Rating: ★ ★ ★
- Visited: Viewer Donated
4.
Edo Castle
- Condition: Ruins
- Castle Type: Flatland
- Prefecture: Tokyo
- Historical Site: Special Historic Site
- Historical Value: Top 100
- Historical Value: has Important Cultural Properties
- Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★
- Visited: 2004
5.
Fukui Castle
- Condition: Ruins
- Castle Type: Flatland
- Prefecture: Fukui
- Historical Value: Top 100
- Rating: ★
- Visited: 2006
6.
Fukuoka Castle
- Condition: Ruins
- Castle Type: Hilltop
- Prefecture: Fukuoka
- Historical Site: National Historic Site
- Historical Value: Top 100
- Historical Value: has Important Cultural Properties
- Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★
- Visited: Viewer Donated
7.
Fukuyama Castle
- Condition: Reconstructed
- Castle Type: Hilltop
- Prefecture: Hiroshima
- Historical Site: National Historic Site
- Historical Value: Top 100
- Historical Value: has Important Cultural Properties
- Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★
- Visited: Viewer Donated
8.
Fushimi Castle
- Condition: Reconstructed
- Castle Type: Flatland
- Prefecture: Kyoto
- Historical Value: Top 100
- Rating: ★
- Visited: Viewer Donated
9.
Gifu Castle
- Condition: Reconstructed
- Castle Type: Mountaintop
- Prefecture: Gifu
- Historical Value: Top 100
- Rating: ★ ★
- Visited: 1996
10.
Fort Goryokaku
- Condition: Ruins
- Castle Type: Flatland
- Prefecture: Hokkaido
- Historical Site: Special Historic Site
- Historical Value: Top 100
- Rating: ★ ★ ★
- Visited: 2002
11.
Hachigata Castle
- Condition: Ruins
- Castle Type: Hilltop
- Prefecture: Saitama
- Historical Site: National Historic Site
- Historical Value: Top 100
- Rating: ★ ★
- Visited: 2006
12.
Gujo Hachiman Castle
- Condition: Reconstructed
- Castle Type: Mountaintop
- Prefecture: Gifu
- Historical Value: Top 100
- Rating: ★ ★ ★
- Visited: 2004
13.
Hachioji Castle
- Condition: Ruins
- Castle Type: Mountaintop
- Prefecture: Tokyo
- Historical Site: National Historic Site
- Historical Value: Top 100
- Rating: ★ ★
- Visited: 2002
14.
Hagi Castle
- Condition: Ruins
- Castle Type: Mountaintop
- Prefecture: Yamaguchi
- Historical Site: National Historic Site
- Historical Value: Top 100
- Rating: ★ ★ ★
- Visited: Viewer Donated
15.
Hamamatsu Castle
- Condition: Reconstructed
- Castle Type: Hilltop
- Prefecture: Shizuoka
- Historical Value: Top 100
- Rating: ★ ★
- Visited: 1999
16.
Hikone Castle
- Condition: Original
- Castle Type: Hilltop
- Prefecture: Shiga
- Historical Site: Special Historic Site
- Historical Value: Top 100
- Historical Value: has National Treasures
- Historical Value: has Important Cultural Properties
- Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
- Visited: 2004
17.
Himeji Castle
- Condition: Original
- Castle Type: Hilltop
- Prefecture: Hyogo
- Historical Site: Special Historic Site
- Historical Value: Top 100
- Historical Value: has National Treasures
- Historical Value: has Important Cultural Properties
- Historical Value: UNESCO World Heritage
- Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
- Visited: 2004
18.
Hirosaki Castle
- Condition: Original
- Castle Type: Hilltop
- Prefecture: Aomori
- Historical Site: National Historic Site
- Historical Value: Top 100
- Historical Value: has Important Cultural Properties
- Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
- Visited: 1999
19.
Hiroshima Castle
- Condition: Reconstructed
- Castle Type: Flatland
- Prefecture: Hiroshima
- Historical Site: National Historic Site
- Historical Value: Top 100
- Rating: ★ ★ ★
- Visited: 1996
20.
Imabari Castle
- Condition: Reconstructed
- Castle Type: Flatland
- Prefecture: Ehime
- Historical Value: Top 100
- Rating: ★ ★ ★
- Visited: 2001