Hilltop

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Hilltop Castles / 平山城

This is a subtype of Castle Type

Hilltop Castles are probably the ideal castle type, in my opinion. If there is a suitable hill or small mountain to build a castle on it allows the lord the ability to take advantage of the difference in elevation and natural features of the land to create defenses, as well as the ability to double up with the extensive moats of a Flatland Castles. The much more accessible site provides the lord with a more suitable location for administration and the ability to develop a castle town surrounding the castle, which itself can act as a defensive perimeter. Iyo Matsuyama Castle and Himeji Castle are two exemplary original castles which display all these features. The Hilltop Castle is also known for reforming the land and carving the hill to meet the purposes of the castle, much more significantly than a Mountaintop Castle likely would have.

Castles with Hilltop Castles
  1. Aizu Wakamatsu Castle
  2. Akagi Kita Castle
  3. Akagi Minami Castle
  4. Akashi Castle
  5. Akasu Castle (Ina)
  6. Akatsuka Castle
  7. Aki Castle
  8. Annaka Castle
  9. Aoyama Castle (Omi)
  10. Ara Castle (Ina)
  11. Aragaito Fort
  12. Araino Castle (Mikawa)
  13. Asukayama Castle
  14. Awazawa Castle (Suwa)
  15. Azuchi Castle
  16. Chiba Castle
  17. Chigasaki Castle
  18. Chiran Castle
  19. Choujayama Castle
  20. Doudo Castle (Mikawa)
  21. Edo Castle
  22. Fubukikaito Castle (Ina)
  23. Fujihashi Castle (Tokyo)
  24. Fujita Castle
  25. Fukuchiyama Castle
  26. Fukuoka Castle
  27. Fukuyama Castle
  28. Fukuyo Castle
  29. Funehiki Castle
  30. Furukawa Castle
  31. Furumiya Castle
  32. Goi Castle (Mikawa)
  33. Haba Castle
  34. Habako Castle
  35. Hachigata Castle
  36. Hachinohe Castle
  37. Hakoyanagi Castle
  38. Hamamatsu Castle
  39. Hanamaki Castle
  40. Hanaoka Castle (Suwa)
  41. Hanawa Castle
  42. Harano Castle (Suwa)
  43. Haranomoto Castle
  44. Hattori Castle (Koka)
  45. Higashi Maruoka Castle (Koka)
  46. Higuchiuchi Castle (Ina)
  47. Hikone Castle
  48. Hikuma Castle
  49. Himeji Castle
  50. Hino Castle
  51. Hinode Castle
  52. Hirado Castle
  53. Hirai Castle
  54. Hiratsuka Castle
  55. Hirosaki Castle
  56. Hitoyoshi Castle
  57. Hizen Nagoya Castle
  58. Iga Ueno Castle
  59. Iida Castle
  60. Iino Taira Castle
  61. Iiyama Castle
  62. Ikeda Castle
  63. Imai Castle
  64. Imai Fort
  65. Imoto Castle (Omi)
  66. Inamura Castle (Ina)
  67. Inamurafuru Castle
  68. Inatsuke Castle
  69. Inawashiro Castle
  70. Innoshima Suigun Castle
  71. Inuinofuru Castle
  72. Inuyama Castle
  73. Ishida Castle (Mikawa)
  74. Ishigami Castle
  75. Ishinomaki Castle
  76. Isshiki Castle (Suruga)
  77. Itabashi Castle
  78. Itoigawa Jinya
  79. Itokazu Castle
  80. Itousakaue Fort
  81. Iwabuchi Castle (Aida)
  82. Iwaki Taira Castle
  83. Iwasaki Castle
  84. Iwasaki Castle (Mutsu)
  85. Iwasaki Yakata
  86. Iwazu Ino Castle
  87. Iwazushin Castle
  88. Iyo Matsuyama Castle
  89. Izu Nagahama Castle
  90. Izuki Jin'ya
  91. Izushi Castle
  92. Jindaiji Castle
  93. Jizen Castle (Koka)
  94. Joumura Castle (Ina)
  95. Joumurafuru Castle
  96. Jounoue Fort
  97. Kadone Castle (Omi)
  98. Kakegawa Castle
  99. Kakinohana Castle
  100. Kakutsugawa Castle
  101. Kamei Castle
  102. Kameyama Battery
  103. Kameyama Castle
  104. Kameyama Castle (Azumi)
  105. Kameyama Castle (Mikawa)
  106. Kamihiraideko Castle (Ina)
  107. Kamijima Castle (Ina)
  108. Kamimakifuru Castle
  109. Kaminogou Castle
  110. Kaminoyama Castle
  111. Kamioka Castle
  112. Kanazawa Castle
  113. Karatsu Castle
  114. Kariya Castle
  115. Kasashima Castle
  116. Kashiwara Castle
  117. Kasuga Castle (Ina)
  118. Katahara Castle (Mikawa)
  119. Katakura Castle
  120. Katsumoto Castle
  121. Katsuura Castle
  122. Katsuyama Castle (Yatsushiro)
  123. Kawahara Castle
  124. Kawashima Castle
  125. Kitano Castle (Ina)
  126. Kitsuki Castle
  127. Kitsune Castle (Azumi)
  128. Kiyomizu Castle (Ina)
  129. Kochi Castle
  130. Kofu Castle
  131. Kogane Castle
  132. Koide Castle (Ina)
  133. Kokokuji Castle
  134. Komesu Castle
  135. Komoro Castle
  136. Konodai Castle
  137. Koromo Castle
  138. Koyama Castle
  139. Koyama Castle (Kai)
  140. Kozukue Castle
  141. Kubota Castle
  142. Kumamoto Castle
  143. Kunohe Castle
  144. Kuraji Castle (Koka)
  145. Kurata Castle (Ina)
  146. Kurume Castle
  147. Kushima Castle
  148. Kushizaki Castle
  149. Machimura Fort
  150. Maeda Battery
  151. Marugame Castle
  152. Marune Castle
  153. Maruoka Castle
  154. Maruoka Castle (Koka)
  155. Maruyama Castle (Ina)
  156. Maruyama Fort (Kai)
  157. Masugata Castle (Suwa)
  158. Masujima Castle
  159. Masuo Castle
  160. Matsue Castle
  161. Matsuo Castle (Ina)
  162. Matsusaka Castle
  163. Matsushima Castle (Ina)
  164. Matsuyama Castle (Saitama)
  165. Mayamahigashi Castle
  166. Mibuno Castle (Iga)
  167. Mikawa Castle
  168. Miki Castle
  169. Minami Kumai Castle
  170. Minami Sakaide Castle
  171. Minamiohshio Castle (Suwa)
  172. Minebata Castle
  173. Minokubi Castle
  174. Minowa Castle
  175. Minowa Castle (Ina)
  176. Minton Castle
  177. Misonoko Castle
  178. Mito Castle
  179. Miyao Castle
  180. Mogusa Castle
  181. Momochi Tamba Castle
  182. Morioka Castle
  183. Moriyama Castle (Owari)
  184. Moroto Castle
  185. Motojuku Jin'ya
  186. Motosakura Castle
  187. Mukade Castle
  188. Murakami Castle
  189. Muraoka Castle (Ina)
  190. Murasame Castle (Koka)
  191. Myokenji Castle
  192. Nabeyama Castle (Nagato)
  193. Nagao Castle (Azumi)
  194. Nagasakaue Fort
  195. Nagasawa Castle
  196. Nagasawa Jin'ya
  197. Nagasawa Kannondou Castle
  198. Najima Castle
  199. Naka Castle
  200. Nakagome Castle (Ina)
  201. Nakamaki Castle
  202. Nakamura Castle
  203. Nakao Castle (Kai)
  204. Nakasai Castle
  205. Nakayama Castle (Suwa)
  206. Namazue Castle
  207. Nanzan Castle
  208. Narumi Castle
  209. Ninomiya Castle (Musashi)
  210. Nishinohara Fort
  211. Nitchu Castle
  212. Nobeoka Castle
  213. Nouken Castle
  214. Nouken Dousaka Fort
  215. Nouken Nishi Fort
  216. Oba Castle
  217. Obi Castle
  218. Odaka Castle
  219. Odano Castle
  220. Odawara Castle
  221. Ogawa Castle
  222. Ogura Castle (Omi)
  223. Ogurayama Castle
  224. Ogurayamagami Castle
  225. Oguro Castle (Ina)
  226. Oh'ide Castle
  227. Oh'idefuru Castle
  228. Ohguma Castle
  229. Ohhata Castle (Mikawa)
  230. Ohkubo Castle (Ina)
  231. Ohno Castle (Owari)
  232. Ohtaki Castle (Mikawa)
  233. Ohtawara Castle
  234. Ohtsubo Fort
  235. Ohtsubono Fort
  236. Oike Fort
  237. Okami Castle
  238. Okaya Castle (Suwa)
  239. Okayama Castle
  240. Okazaki Castle
  241. Okishi Castle III (Koka)
  242. Okiyama Fort
  243. Okkoshi Castle
  244. Okkoto Jinjou
  245. Omi Hachiman Castle
  246. Omotegi Castle (Ina)
  247. Osaka Castle (Ibaraki)
  248. Otaki Castle
  249. Otowa Castle
  250. Ozu Castle
  251. Saiki Castle
  252. Sakasai Castle
  253. Sakata Castle
  254. Sakata Castle (Chikuzen)
  255. Sakura Castle
  256. Sakurabora Castle
  257. Sakurazakaue Fort
  258. Sano Castle
  259. Sasayama Castle
  260. Seirin Fort
  261. Seiryuin
  262. Sekinomori Castle
  263. Senpuku Castle
  264. Shichinohe Castle
  265. Shimomakifuru Castle
  266. Shimono Castle (Ina)
  267. Shimoyama Castle (Koka)
  268. Shimoyama Kita Castle (Koka)
  269. Shimura Castle
  270. Shingu Castle
  271. Shingu Castle (Koka)
  272. Shingushi Castle (Koka)
  273. Shinpu Castle
  274. Shinshiro Castle
  275. Shirakawa Castle
  276. Shiroishi Castle
  277. Shoumanji Fort
  278. Shuri Castle
  279. Sokura Castle (Ina)
  280. Sone Castle (Omi)
  281. Sonobe Castle
  282. Souma Nakamura Castle
  283. Suemori Castle
  284. Suganuma Castle (Ina)
  285. Sugiyama Castle
  286. Sumoto Castle
  287. Suzuoka Castle (Ina)
  288. Taga Castle
  289. Takada Castle (Ina)
  290. Takagifuru Castle
  291. Takagiuchi Castle
  292. Takai Castle
  293. Takamifuru Castle
  294. Takashimako Castle
  295. Takato Castle
  296. Takayama Castle (Hida)
  297. Takayashikidate
  298. Takenaka Castle (Koka)
  299. Tamagusuku Castle
  300. Tamaru Castle
  301. Tanagi Castle (Ina)
  302. Tanba Kameyama Castle
  303. Tange Fort
  304. Tateyama Castle
  305. Tatsugoyama Castle
  306. Tekozuka Castle
  307. Tenjin'yama Castle
  308. Tenpaku Castle (Ina)
  309. To-no-oka
  310. Toba Castle
  311. Tobiyama Castle
  312. Tojo Castle
  313. Tokoname Castle
  314. Tokushima Castle
  315. Tomioka Castle
  316. Tonojima Castle
  317. Toride Fort
  318. Torinji Castle
  319. Toro Castle (Mikawa)
  320. Toujou Fort
  321. Toyooka Castle
  322. Tsuchiyama Castle (Koka)
  323. Tsukie Fort
  324. Tsukikuma Castle
  325. Tsuyama Castle
  326. Tsuyama Castle (Koka)
  327. Uchi Castle (Ina)
  328. Uchikoshi Castle (Koka)
  329. Ueno Castle (Koka)
  330. Uenotaira Castle
  331. Urado Castle
  332. Urasoe Castle
  333. Urizura Castle
  334. Ushigome Castle
  335. Ushiku Castle
  336. Ushiku Jinya
  337. Usui Castle
  338. Usuida Shukuuchi Fort
  339. Usuki Castle
  340. Uwajima Castle
  341. Wakayama Castle
  342. Yakushidou Castle (Ina)
  343. Yamada Castle
  344. Yamagami Castle
  345. Yamazaki Castle (Saitama)
  346. Yanagizakaue Fort
  347. Yasuoka Castle (Ina)
  348. Yokosuka Castle
  349. Yokote Castle
  350. Yonago Castle
  351. Yoshida Castle (Hitachi)
  352. Yoshioka Castle (Ina)
  353. Yuhigaoka Castle
  354. Zen Castle
  355. Zenshoji Fort
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