Japan 100 Great castles– category –

[Castle name] Goryokaku Castle Enomoto Takeshi and the former shogunate army final resistance Japan's first Western castle Goryokaku [Explanation] Goryokaku in Hakodate City, Hokkaido is Japan's first Western style archway. It was built ...

[Castle name] Aizuwakamatsu Castle Boshin war the greatest battlefield one-month battle Aizuwakamatsu castle. [Explanation] Aizuwakamatsu Castle located in Aizuwakamatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture, is a historic castle that is now crowde...

[Castle name] Takeda Castle A typical mountain castle Akamatsu Hirohide made big improvement surrounded by overwhelming stone walls The castle in the sky, Taketa Castle. [Explanation] "Takeda Castle" which is wielded authority in the cou...

[Castle name] Okayama Castle Leader of the troubled times, Residence of Ukita Naoie Hideie, Okayama Castle. [Explanation] Okayama Castle is a castle that Ukita used as a castle during the Sengoku Era. In the Edo era "Okayama clan 2nd lor...

[Castle name] Marugame Castle Stonewall is the top in Japan Shikoku's Meijo Marugame Castle. [Explanation] As you can see in Marugame castle, the stone wall is very high and the castle tower has been built. The height of the stone wall i...

[Castle name] Ueda Castle Masayuki Sanada's Ueda castle who has defeated the Tokugawa army twice (the first part). [Explanation] [Fighting the Tokugawa army twice, the hardcore boasting the iron wall defense system] Ueda castle which Mas...

[Castle name] Ueda Castle Masayuki Sanada's Ueda Castle boasting a steel wall defense system (second part). [Explanation] [Fighting the Tokugawa army twice, the hardcore boasting the iron wall defense system] In the first battle with the...

[Castle name] Kumamoto Castle Kato Kiyomasa Castle of struggle, stonewall such as Mushakaeshi from Kumamoto castle is a wonderful. [Explanation] Kumamoto Castle is a castle present in Kumamoto city, Kumamoto Prefecture. Another name is G...

[Castle name] Maruoka Castle Maruoka Castle is one of Japan’s 100 famous castles and was owned by Munekatsu Aoyama, who was a vassal of Nagahide Niwa. It is registered as a national cultural treasure. [Explanation] Maruoka castle existed...

[Castle name] Kanazawa Castle Kanazawa castle was where Toshiie Made and Toshinaga Made resided, and is also famous for Kenroku-en, one of Japan’s three large gardens. [Explanation] Kanazawa castle was located in Kanazawa-shi, Ishikawa p...

[Castle name] Tsuyama Castle Tsuyama castle is where Tadamasa Mori, the youngest of Nobunaga Oda’s Kosho - 3 brothers of Mori (Ranmaru, Bomaru, Rikimaru), resided. [Explanation] Tsuyama castle was in Tsuyama-shi in Okayama prefecture. Th...

[Castle name] Hirosaki Castle [Explanation] There are various stories regarding Temenobu Oura’s birthplace, it is said that he could be a son of Morinobu Oura, or Kuji castle’s owner, Kuji-shi’s son. In the recent years he is considered ...

[Castle name] Gifu Castle Gifu castle was destroyed by Ieyasu Tokugawa at the preliminary skirmish of the battle of Sekigahara- Part 3 [Explanation] In 1600, Hidenobu Oda, the owner of Gifu castle became a part of the West troops of Mits...

[Castle name] Gifu Castle (Inabayama Castle) Gifu Castle: Gifu Castle was a castle that the owner continued to change after Nobunaga and Nobutada Oda were killed at the incident of Honnoji temple - Part 2 [Explanation] Based in Mino, Nob...

[Castle Name] Gifu-jo Castle (former name : Inabayama-jo Castle) Gifu-jo Castle in Mino Province (former name : Inabayama-jo Castle), which Nobunaga ODA made to be a foothold for the whole country. [Description] Gifu-jo Castle is a mount...

[Castle Name] Matsuyama Castle An Important Cultural Property Designated by Kato Yoshiaki : The Castle of Iyo-Matsuyama Castle [Description] Matsuyama Castle is a castle located in Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture, and is also known as K...

[Castle Name] Takato Castle Nobutada ODA's army, a famous spot for cherry blossoms, Nishina Morinobu Takato Castle [Description] Takato Castle is a castle located in Takato-cho, Inashi, Nagano Prefecture, and it is famous as a famous spo...

[Castle Name] Fukuyama Castle A Fukuyama Castle built in the end of the Sengoku period by Mizuno Katsushige, a hereditary daimyo (Japanese feudal lord) of Tokugawa family, at 10 koku (180,000 koku). [Description] After the Battle of Seki...

[Castle Name] Hiroshima Castle Terumoto Mori, the Western country, followed by Masanori Fukushima, a Asano Nagaakira of Masanori Fukushima, and after that, the castle Hiroshima Castle of the Asano family [Description] Hiroshima Castle, a...

[Castle Name] Edo Castle Built by the Edo clan, repaired by Ota Dokan, and then the two hundred fiftieth year of Tokugawa Shogunate's reign Edo-jo Castle [Description] The history of Edo-jo Castle was far older than the Sengoku period, a...