Japan Sightseeing Information --- Castles in Japan
We are investigating and introducing castles in various parts of Japan. The castles were built as fortresses of the Warring States era and as strategic bases. We will post popular castles in Japan.
Hyogo ken Himeji city
Matsumoto-shi, Nagano Prefecture
It is the castle of Japan's oldest national treasure among the existing five-sixth Tenshu tower.
Osaka-shi, Osaka
Asago-shi Hyogo prefecture
Odawara City, Kanagawa Prefecture
Gifu-shi, Gifu Prefecture
It is on the summit of Mt. Kinka.
Matsuyama-shi Ehime Prefecture
Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture
Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
Kumamoto-shi, Kumamoto Prefecture
Inuyama-shi, Aichi Prefecture
Matsue city, Shimane prefecture
Hikone city, Shiga prefecture
Kitanakagusuku-son Nakagami-gun, Okinawa Prefecture
Chiyoda ward, Tokyo
You can see its appearance at the Imperial Palace and its surroundings.
Ueda City, Nagano Prefecture
Ueda Castle built by Masayuki Sanada is known as an impregnable castle that repulsed the Tokugawa army twice in the first and second Ueda battles.
Aichi Prefecture, Nagoya City
Address: Shimoshiroganecho 1,Hirosaki, Aomori
The only extant castle tower in Tohoku.
Kochi, Kochi Prefecture
Okayama-shi, Okayama-ken
Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima
Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Tokyo, Chiba, Kanagawa
Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi, Nagano, Gifu, Shizuoka, Aichi
Mie, Shiga, Nara, Wakayama, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyogo
Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi
Kagawa, Tokushima, Ehime, Kochi
Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima
