Japan 100 Great castles– category –

[Castle name] Bitchu Matsuyama Castle At the end of the Bakumatsu Itakura Katsushizu selects Yamada Valley as a consul in Japan Three major mountain castle, Bitchuu Matsuyama castle. [Explanation] Bitchu Matsuyama Castle is a mountain ca...

[Castle name] Yoshinogari Castle Yayoi Era's largest village Japan 100 selected as the 88th largest castle, Yoshinogari's ruins of Saga prefecture. [Explanation] The Yoshinogari ruins are the Yayoi era settlement that was present in Yosh...

[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...

[Castle name] Tottori Castle During the Sengoku Era, Yamana Toyokuni was attacked by Hashiba Hideyoshi's castle and surrendered Tottori Castle. [Explanation] Tottori Castle is a mountain castle site that was present in Tottori City, Tott...

[Castle name] Gassan Toda Castle hero Amagoshi of San-in region lasted from Amago Tsunehisa to Haruhisa, Tsukiyama Toda Castle. [Explanation] Tsukiyama Toda is a castle of Amagoshi who boasted power, mainly in the San-in region. Currentl...

[Castle name] Matsudai Castle (Kaizu castle) Masanobu Kousaka built a castle from Kaizu castle to Matsudai castle and repaired by Sanada family’s Nobuyuki Sanada’s castle Matsudai castle. [Explanation] In the era of Takeda Shingen, Matsu...

[Castle name] Tsutsujigasaki Castle (Takeda shrine) Protector Nobutora Takega from Kai, Shingen’s Tsutsujigasaki Castle (Takeda shrine) [Description] Tsutsujigasaki Castle was owned by the governor Takege from Kai province. It is in the ...

[Castle name] Imabari Castle Three Greatest Water Castle In Japan, Takatora Todo build a famous castle, Imabari Castle [Description] Imabari castle is a water castle currently located in Imabari-shi, Aichi. Takatora Todo, who became a fe...

[Castle name] Ichijodani Castle（Ichijoasdaniasakurashi Clan Ruins） A residential castle called Ichijodan of The Echizen Governer, Yoshikage Asakura, who was defeated by Yoshinobu Oda [Description] Ichijodani castle was the Asakura clan...

[Castle name] Odani Castle The Mountain Castle of Three Generations of The Azai Family,Whose Members Where Slewn By Nobunaga Oda, Including The Father and His Son, Nagamasa and Hisamasa. 【Description】 Odani castle was the residence of ...

[Castle name] Matsumae Castle (Fukuyama Castle) Castle in the Northern land which fought against the Formar Bakufu force at Boshin War [Description] Matsumae Castle was a flatland castle in Matsumae-cho Matsumae-gun, Hokkaido. It is also...

[Castle name] Ryukyu castles with vast stone fences top 100 castles in Japan Nakijin Castle, Naka Gusuku Castle, Zakimi Castle, and Katsuren Castle [Description] Ryukyu Kingdom had flourished long before Edo era in Okinawa islands. Under...

[Castle name] Sunpu Castle Occupied by Imagawa clan since Murumachi Bakufu, Occupied by Yoshimoto Imagawa and Tokugawa clan after Sengoku era [Description] Sunpu Castle built in Muromachi era when Imagawa clan took over the land of Surug...

[Castle name] Sasayama Castle Yasuige Matsudaira’s castle that was built to bolster infrastructure and protect Saigoku [Description] Sasayama Castle does not have a deep history like others; it was built after battle of Sekigahara and ba...

[Castle name] Tokushima Castle Castle Hideyoshi Toyotomi rewarded Iemasa Hachisuka for his successful conquest of Shikoku area [Description] Tokushima Castle is a castle ruin that lies on the towhead of Yoshino River. It used to be under...

[Castle name] Nanao Castle a castle ruled by Minister Noto Hatakeyama; the Oda force and the Uesugi force fought over the castle in Sengoku era [Description] Nanao Castle was a castle built on a mountain by Mitsunori Hatakeyama, Noto min...

[Castle name] Mito Castle It was lived by one of the three families of Tokugawa. At the end of the Edo period, Tengu Party War happened there. [Description] Mito Castle used to stand in Sannomaru, Mito City, Ibaraki Prefecture. It was li...

[Castle name] Sakura Castle Its construction was completed by Doi Toshikatsu under Ieyasu's order. [Description] Sakura Castle used to stand in Jonai Town, Sakura City, Chiba Prefecture. Its construction started in the early Warring Stat...

[Castle name] Kubota Castle Kubota castle was a castle owned by Yoshinobu Satake, the first generation lord of Akita domain. [Explanation] Kubota castle was a castle located in current Akita-shi, Akita prefecture. It was a residence of K...