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[Castle name] Nagakute Castle A site of bloody battle where Ota family’s chief vassal Kazumasu Takigawa built the Kanie castle in the battle of Nagakute. [Explanation] Kanie Castle is the medieval castle on the plains that was present in...

[Castle name] Akutagawa Castle The castle of Akutagawa Yamashiro of Miyoshi Nagayoshi that had been suppressing Kinai before the Nobunaga period. [Explanation] Akutagawa is a mountain castle in the Sengoku period that was in Takatsuki ci...

[Castle name] Tsu Castle Ise Kuniji Kitabata family clan Nagano city (Hosono Fujimitsu)'s castle Tsu (Anotsu castle) [Explanation] Tsu castle is a lineage castle in Tsu city, Mie prefecture. When Kitabatake family was the castle owner, i...

[Castle name] Kushima Castle Omura clan where Omura Yoshisaki (the heir of Omura Sumitada) built The castle of Kushima for 27 thousand Jewels. [Explanation] Kushima Castle (Omura Castle) is a residence of Omura who was in Omura city, Nag...

[Castle name] Shimabara Castle Arima, Naozomi, Matsukura, Shigemasa’s Shimabara. Famous for the rebellion of Shimabara by Amakusa castle, the largest revolt of the Edo period. [Explanation] Shimabara Castle is a castle in Shimabara city ...

[Castle name] Matsumae Castle Masaki castle that was also attacked by the Shinsengumi war with the former shogun army of Enomoto battle during Boshin war. [Explanation] Masaki Castle is flatland mountain castle in Masaki town, Masaki dis...

[Castle name] Miki Castle Another place famous for Miki’s battle with the Hideyoshi army (Miki's cold kill) Castle of Nagaharu Miki castle. [Explanation] Miki castle is flatland mountain Castle which was in Hikarumaru town, Miki city, Hy...

[Castle name] Toba Castle Yukitaka Kuki unified the country of Shima and built a castle in the warring state, One of the best sea castles, Toba castle. [Explanation] Tobu Castle is the sea castle that is present in Toba City Mie prefectu...

[Castle name] Warabi Castle Ashikaga's disciple Yoshiyuki Shibukawa built the Warabi castle. [Explanation] It is said that Warabi castle was built by "Shibukawa Yoshiyuki" disciple of Ashikaga during the period of Northern and Southern D...

[Castle name] Echizen Ono Castle Build by Nobunaga’s vassal Kanamori Nagachika, Echizen Ono castle (Castle in the sky). [Explanation] Echizen Ono Castle is a castle in Ohno City, Fukui Prefecture. In Tensho 3rd Year (1575), Oda Nobunaga ...

[Castle name] Azaka Castle Kitabatake’s vassal Fushinobu Toki surrendered this castle to Oda Nobunaga’s vassal Kinoshita Toukichirou [Explanation] Azaka Castle is a castle that exist in the current Mie Prefecture Matsusaka city Osaka Tow...

[Castle name] Tsurumaru castle The castle of Satsuma clan of Shimazu Yoshihisa and Yoshihiro defeated in the battle of Sekigahara, Tsurumaru castle (Kagoshima castle) [Explanation] Tsurumaru castle (aka Kagoshima Castle) is a residence o...

[Castle name] Morioka castle At the end of the Bakumatsu join the alliance of the Ou Uchi Ryu Clan The founder of the new government forces and went on war with the Nanbu Nobunao’s Morioka Castle. [Explanation] Morioka castle is the resi...

[Castle name] Kururi Castle For attack by Hojo Tatsushige Satomi Yoshitaka and Yoshihiro took confinement Kazusa’s mountain castle, Kururi Castle. [Explanation] Kururi Castle is a mountain castle in Kimitsu City, Chiba Prefecture. Kururi...

[Castle name] Obi Castle Hinata country’s Obi castle where Yoshihisa Shimazu, Yoshihiro Ito, Yoshisuke Ito, Yuuhei fought a fierce battle. [Explanation] It is a castle that is in the present Miyazaki prefecture Hinata city. In the Sengok...

[Castle name] Oita Funai Castle Otita Funai castle where Takenaka Hanbe's cousin "Takenaka Shigetoshi" entered after the battle of Sekigahara. [Explanation] Oita funai castle is the castle which is in Oita city, Oita prefecture now. In t...

[Castle name] Nakijin Castle Kitayama King World Cultural Heritage destroyed by Mr. Nakijin castle ruins (shrine) [Explanation] Nakijin Castle is a castle ruined in Nakijin village in Okinawa Prefecture. Before the formation of the Ryuky...

[Castle name] Takatori Castle One of the Uemura family’s house in Japan's three major Oyama castle was destroyed at the end of the shogunate, Torataro Yoshimura took the attack from Tenchuu army, Takatori Castle. [Explanation] Takatori i...

[Castle name] Nagoya Castle As a suppression to Toyotomi Hidetoshi, imperial construction of the castle on of the top three imperial Tokugawa Yoshinao’s Nagoya castle. [Explanation] Nagoya Castle was the castle of Imagawa which had origi...

[Castle name] Hirado Castle With the advice of Yamaga Sokou, Tsuiki Matsuura navy Matsuura Shingenobu’s sea castle, Hirado Castle. [Explanation] Hirado Castle is a castle in Hirado City, Nagasaki Prefecture now. It was built in the Edo p...