List of castles in Japan
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This is an incomplete list of castles in Japan, and focuses on those with some historical notability. Five of Japan's castles (Hikone, Himeji, Inuyama, Matsue and Matsumoto) are National Treasures.
A
[edit]- Agena Castle, Uruma, Okinawa
- Aizuwakamatsu Castle (Tsuruga Castle), Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima
- Akashi Castle, Akashi, Hyōgo
- Akō Castle, Akō, Hyōgo
- Amagasaki Castle, Amagasaki, Hyōgo
- Aoba Castle, Sendai, Miyagi
- Aya Castle, Aya, Miyazaki
- Azuchi Castle, Azuchi, Shiga (see Azuchi-Momoyama period)
B
[edit]- Beru Castle, Amami, Kagoshima
- Bitchu Matsuyama Castle, Takahashi, Okayama
- Bitchu Takamatsu Castle, Okayama, Okayama
C
[edit]- Chibana Castle, Okinawa, Okinawa
- Chihaya Castle, Chihayaakasaka, Osaka
- Chinen Castle, Chinen, Okinawa
E
[edit]- Echizen-Fuchū Castle, Echizen, Fukui
- Echizen Ōno Castle, Ōno, Fukui
- Edo Castle (Imperial Palace), Tokyo (Tōkyo)
F
[edit]- Fukuchiyama Castle, Fukuchiyama, Kyoto
- Fukui Castle, Fukui, Fukui
- Fukui Castle, Ibaraki, Osaka
- Fukuoka Castle, Fukuoka, Fukuoka
- Fukushima Castle, Fukushima, Fukushima
- Fukushima Castle, Kiso, Nagano
- Fukuyama Castle (Hisamatsu Castle), Fukuyama, Hiroshima
- Funai Castle, Ōita, Ōita
- Fushimi Castle (Momoyama Castle), Kyoto (see Azuchi-Momoyama period)
G
[edit]- Gassantoda Castle, Yasugi, Shimane
- Gifu Castle (Inabayama Castle), Gifu, Gifu
- Goeku Castle, Okinawa, Okinawa
- Gujō Hachiman Castle, Gujō, Gifu
- Gushikawa Castle (Itoman), Itoman, Okinawa
- Gushikawa Castle (Kume), Kumejima, Okinawa
H
[edit]- Hachigata Castle, Yorii, Saitama
- Hachinohe Castle, Hachinohe, Aomori
- Hachiōji Castle, Hachiōji, Tokyo
- Hadano Castle, Hadano, Kanagawa
- Hagi Castle, Hagi, Yamaguchi
- Hakumai Castle, Matsuzaka, Mie
- Hamamatsu Castle, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka
- Hara Castle, Minamishimabara, Nagasaki
- Hataya Castle, Yamanobe, Yamagata
- Hayashi Castle, Matsumoto, Nagano
- Hiji Castle (ruins), Hiji, Ōita
- Hikone Castle, Hikone, Shiga
- Himeji Castle, Himeji, Hyōgo, World Heritage Site
- Hinoe Castle, Minamishimabara, Nagasaki
- Hirado Castle, Hirado, Nagasaki
- Hirosaki Castle, Hirosaki, Aomori
- Hiroshima Castle, Hiroshima, Hiroshima
- Hoshizaki Castle, Nagoya, Aichi
I
[edit]- Ichigoyama Castle, Yoshii, Gunma
- Ichijōdani Castle, Fukui, Fukui
- Iga Ueno Castle, Iga, Mie
- Iha Castle, Uruma, Okinawa
- Imabari Castle, Imabari, Ehime
- Ina Castle, Kozakai, Aichi
- Inohana Castle, Chiba, Chiba
- Inuyama Castle, Inuyama, Aichi
- Itami Castle, Itami, Hyōgo
- Iwabitsu Castle, Higashiagatsuma, Gunma
- Iwakuni Castle, Iwakuni, Yamaguchi
- Iwamura Castle, Ena, Gifu
- Iwasaki Castle, Nisshin, Aichi
- Iwayadō Castle, Ōshū, Iwate
- Izena Castle, Izena, Okinawa
- Izushi Castle, Izushi, Hyōgo
K
[edit]- Kagoshima Castle, Kagoshima, Kagoshima
- Kakegawa Castle, Kakegawa, Shizuoka
- Kakunodate Castle, Kakunodate, Akita
- Kameyama Castle, Kameoka, Kyoto
- Kameyama Castle, Kameyama, Mie
- Kami-Akasaka Castle, Chihayaakasaka, Osaka
- Kamiizumi Castle, Yamanashi Prefecture
- Kaminokuni Castle, Kaminokuni, Hokkaido
- Kaminoyama Castle, Kaminoyama, Yamagata
- Kanayama Castle, Ōta, Gunma
- Kanazawa Castle, Kanazawa, Ishikawa
- Kannonji Castle, Azuchi, Shiga
- Kanō Castle, Gifu, Gifu
- Karakawa Castle, Goshogawara, Aomori
- Karasawa Castle, Sano, Tochigi
- Karatsu Castle, Karatsu, Saga
- Kasugayama Castle, Jōetsu, Niigata
- Katsuren Castle, Uruma, Okinawa
- Kawagoe Castle, Kawagoe, Saitama
- Kawate Castle, Gifu, Gifu
- Ki castle, Sōja, Okayama
- Kihara Castle, Inashiki District, Ibaraki
- Kikko Castle, Kagoshima, Kagoshima
- Kikuchi Castle, Kikuchi, Kumamoto
- Kishiwada Castle, Kishiwada, Osaka
- Kitanosho Castle, Fukui, Fukui
- Kitsuki Castle, Kitsuki, Ōita
- Kiyosu Castle, Kiyosu, Aichi
- Kōchi Castle, Kōchi, Kōchi
- Kōfu Castle, Kōfu, Yamanashi
- Kokura Castle, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka
- Komakiyama Castle, Komaki, Aichi
- Komine Castle (Shirakawa Castle), Shirakawa, Fukushima
- Komoro Castle, Komoro, Nagano
- Kōriyama Castle, Yamatokōriyama, Nara
- Kubota Castle, Akita, Akita
- Kumamoto Castle, Kumamoto, Kumamoto
- Kunimine Castle, Kanra, Gunma
- Kuniyoshi Castle, Mihama, Fukui
- Kurono Castle, Gifu, Gifu Prefecture
- Kurume Castle, Kurume, Fukuoka
- Kururi Castle, Kimitsu, Chiba
- Kushima Castle, Ōmura, Nagasaki
- Kuwabara Castle, Suwa, Nagano
- Kuwana Castle, Kuwana, Mie
- Katsurayama Castle, Susono, Shizuoka
M
[edit]- Marugame Castle, Marugame, Kagawa
- Maruoka Castle, Maruoka, Fukui
- Matsue Castle, Matsue, Shimane
- Matsukura Castle, Takayama, Gifu
- Matsumae Castle, Matsumae, Hokkaido
- Matsumori Castle, Izumi, Miyagi
- Matsumoto Castle, Matsumoto, Nagano
- Matsushiro Castle, Nagano, Nagano
- Matsuyama Castle, Matsuyama, Ehime
- Matsuyama Castle, Takahashi, Okayama
- Matsuzaka Castle, Matsusaka, Mie
- Mihara Castle Mihara, Hiroshima
- Minakuchi Castle, Kōka, Shiga
- Minato Castle, Tsuchizaki, Akita, Akita
- Minowa Castle, Takasaki, Gunma
- Mito Castle, Mito, Ibaraki
- Mitsumine Castle, Sabae, Fukui
- Miyao Castle site, Miyajima, Hiroshima
- Mizusawa Castle, Oshu, Iwate
- Momoyama Castle, see Fushimi Castle
- Morioka Castle (Kozukata Castle), Morioka, Iwate
- Motegi Castle, Motegi, Tochigi
- Muro Castle, Toyohashi, Aichi
N
[edit]- Nagahama Castle, Nagahama, Shiga
- Nagamori Castle, Gifu, Gifu Prefecture
- Nagaoka Castle, Nagaoka, Niigata
- Nagashino Castle, Shinshiro, Aichi
- Nagayama Castle, Hita, Ōita
- Nago Castle, Nago, Okinawa
- Nagoya Castle, Nagoya, Aichi
- Nagoya Castle, Karatsu, Saga
- Nagurumi Castle, Minakami, Gunma
- Nakagusuku Castle, Kitanakagusuku, Okinawa
- Nakatsu Castle, Nakatsu, Ōita
- Nakijin Castle, Nakijin, Okinawa
- Nanao Castle, Nanao, Ishikawa
- Nanzan Castle, Itoman, Okinawa
- Ne Castle, Hachinohe, Aomori
- Nedo Castle, Abiko, Chiba
- Negoya Castle, Otaki, Chiba
- Nihonmatsu Castle, Nihonmatsu, Fukushima
- Nijō Castle, Kyoto, World Heritage Site
- Nirayama Castle, Izunokuni, Shizuoka
- Nirengi Castle, Toyohashi, Aichi
- Nishikawa Castle, Toyohashi, Aichi
- Noda Castle, Aichi Prefecture
O
[edit]- Obama Castle, Obama, Fukui Prefecture
- Obama Castle, Iwashiro, Fukushima Prefecture
- Obi Castle, Nichinan, Miyazaki
- Odani Castle, Kohoku, Shiga Prefecture
- Odawara Castle, Odawara, Kanagawa
- Ōgaki Castle, Ōgaki, Gifu
- Ōgo Castle, Ōgo, Gunma
- Ōtawara Castle, Ōtawara, Tochigi
- Ōita Castle, Ōita, Ōita
- Oka Castle (ja), Taketa, Ōita
- Okayama Castle, Okayama, Okayama
- Okazaki Castle, Okazaki, Aichi
- Omi Hachiman Castle, Ōmihachiman, Shiga
- Onomichi Castle, Onomichi, Hiroshima
- Osaka Castle, Osaka
- Oshi Castle, Gyōda, Saitama
- Otaki Castle, Otaki, Chiba
- Oyama Castle, Haibara District, Shizuoka
- Ōzato Castle, Nanjō, Okinawa
- Ōzu Castle, Ōzu, Ehime
S
[edit]- Saga Castle, Saga, Saga
- Sagiyama Castle, Gifu, Gifu Prefecture
- Saiki Castle, Saiki, Ōita
- Sakura Castle, Sakura, Chiba
- Sakurabora Castle, Gero, Gifu
- Sano Castle, Sano, Tochigi
- Sarukake Castle, Akitakata, Hiroshima
- Sarukake Castle, Kurashiki, Okayama
- Sasayama Castle, Sasayama, Hyōgo
- Satowara Castle, Miyazaki, Miyazaki
- Sawayama Castle, Hikone, Shiga
- Sekiyado Castle, Noda, Chiba
- Senshu Castle, Senshu, Osaka
- Shakujii castle, Nerima, Tokyo
- Shibata Castle, Shibata, Niigata
- Shichinohe Castle, Kamikita District, Aomori
- Shikizan Castle
- Shimabara Castle, Shimabara, Nagasaki
- Shimo-Akasaka Castle, Senshu, Osaka
- Shimotsui Castle, Kurashiki, Okayama
- Shinpu Castle, Nirasaki, Yamanashi
- Shirakawa Castle, Shirakawa, Fukushima
- Shiroishi Castle, Shiroishi, Miyagi
- Shizugatake Castle, Shizugatake, Omi
- Shoryuji Castle, Nagaokakyō, Kyoto
- Shuri Castle, Naha, Okinawa
- Sumoto Castle, Sumoto, Hyōgo
- Sunomata Castle, Ōgaki, Gifu
- Sunpu Castle, Shizuoka, Shizuoka
T
[edit]- Tahara Castle, Tahara, Aichi
- Taka Castle, Matsuzaka, Mie
- Takada Castle, Jōetsu, Niigata
- Takamatsu Castle, Takamatsu, Kagawa
- Takamori Castle, Usa, Ōita
- Takaoka Castle, Takaoka, Toyama
- Takasaki Castle, Takasaki, Gunma
- Takashima Castle, Suwa, Nagano
- Takatenjin Castle, Kakegawa, Shizuoka
- Takatori Castle, Takatori, Nara
- Takayama Castle, Takayama, Gifu
- Takeda Castle, Asago, Hyōgo
- Takenoya Castle, Gamagori, Aichi
- Taki-no-jō Castle, Tokorozawa, Saitama
- Tamagusuku Castle, Tamagusuku, Okinawa
- Tamanawa Castle, Kamakura, Kanagawa
- Tanaka Castle, Fujieda, Shizuoka
- Tatebayashi Castle, Tatebayashi, Gunma
- Tateyama Castle, Tateyama, Chiba
- Tatsuno Castle, Tatsuno, Hyōgo
- Tobiyama Castle, Utsunomiya, Tochigi
- Tokushima Castle, Tokushima, Tokushima
- Tomigusuku Castle, Tomigusuku, Okinawa
- Tomioka Castle, Reihoku, Kumamoto
- Tomo Castle, Fukuyama, Hiroshima
- Tottori Castle, Tottori, Tottori
- Toyama Castle, Toyama, Toyama
- Toyoda Castle, Joso, Ibaraki
- Tsu Castle, Tsu, Mie
- Tsuchiura Castle, Tsuchiura, Ibaraki
- Tsuruga Castle, Tsuruga, Fukui
- Tsurumaru Castle, Kagoshima, Kagoshima
- Tsutsujigasaki yakate, Kōfu, Yamanashi
- Tsuwano Castle, Tsuwano, Shimane
- Tsuyama Castle, Tsuyama, Okayama
U
[edit]- Uchi Castle, Kagoshima, Kagoshima
- Ueda Castle, Ueda, Nagano
- Uegusuku Castle (Kume), Kumejima, Okinawa
- Uegusuku Castle (Tomigusuku), Tomigusuku, Okinawa
- Uehara Castle, Chino, Nagano
- Ueno Castle, Iga, Mie
- Urado Castle, Kōchi, Kōchi
- Urasoe Castle, Urasoe, Okinawa
- Usuki Castle, Usuki, Ōita
- Uto Castle, Uto, Kumamoto
- Utsunomiya Castle, Utsunomiya, Tochigi
- Uwajima Castle, Uwajima, Ehime
- Uzuki Castle, Matsuyama, Ehime
W
[edit]Y
[edit]- Yagami Castle, Sasayama, Hyōgo
- Yamada Castle, Onna, Okinawa
- Yamagata Castle, Yamagata, Yamagata
- Yamanaka Castle, Mishima, Shizuoka
- Yanagawa Castle, Yanagawa, Fukuoka
- Yatsushiro Castle, Yatsushiro, Kumamoto
- Yodo Castle, Kyoto
- Yokote Castle, Yokote, Akita
- Yonago Castle, Yonago, Tottori
- Yonezawa Castle, Yonezawa, Yamagata
- Yononushi Castle, Wadomari, Kagoshima
- Yoshida Castle, Toyohashi, Aichi
- Yuzuki Castle, Matsuyama, Ehime
Z
[edit]See also
[edit]- 100 Fine Castles of Japan
- List of castles
- List of National Treasures of Japan (castles)
- List of foreign-style castles in Japan
- Chashi, fortifications built by Ainu people
- Gusuku, World Heritage castles of the Ryūkyū Kingdom
