Castle（Area）– category –

[Castle name] Himeji Castle Himeji Castle is a UNESCO world heritage site, and is also a national treasure with existing castle tower. Also known as Hakuro castle with beautiful white walls. [Explanation] Himeji Castle was originally the...

[Castle name] Siryokaku Shiryokaku was a western style fort, along with Goryokaku, that was built by the former shogunate forces [Explanatin] Shiryokaku was a fort that was built in the city of Hakodate in southern Hokkaido, Japan, by th...

[Castle name] Tsuwano Castle (Sanbonmatsu Castle) Tsuwano castle was where Masanori Came resided, also known as a castle in the sky in Sanin region [Explanation] Tsuwano castle was a mountain castle located in Tsuwano in Shimane prefectu...

[Castle name] Kofu Castle Kofu castle was built as an important base for Kanto region after Shingen and Katsuyori Takeda were defeated [Explanation] Kofu castle was located in Kofu-shi, Yamanashi prefecture. It was a flat mountain castle...

[Castle name] Nihonmatsu Castle Nihonmatsu castle was owned by Niwa-shi, and it was also where the tragedy of Nihonmatsu Shonentai (an army consisting of teenagers who fought in the Boshin war) happened at the end of Edo period [Explanat...

[Castle name] Nagahama Castle Nagahama castle was the Asai family’s old territory, also known as the castle where Hideyoshi Hashiba became the owner for the first time appointed by Nobunaga. [Explanation] Nagahama castle was located in N...

[Castle name] Odawara Castle Odawara castle was owned by five generations of the Hojo family, starting from Soun Hojo. [Explanation] It is widely known that Odawara castle was the base for the Hojo family, starting from Soun Hojo. There ...

[Castle name] Otaki Castle Otaki castle was owned by Tadakatsu Honda, who was one of the Tokugawa Shitenno (the 4 great generals serving Tokugawa). [Explanation] The beginning of Otaki castle was when Nobukiyo Mariyatsu built a castle ca...

[Castle name] Yuki Castle Yuki castle was where Ujitomo Yuki’s one year besiegement against the Ashikaga Bakufu troops occurred [Explanation] Yuki castle was a castle that Yuki-shi continued to own. When Kamakura Kubo’s Mochiuji Ashikaga...

[Castle name] Iwamura Castle Iwamura castle was a mountain castle that was built at the highest place of all the castles in Japan, and it was owned by Kageto Toyama. [Explanation] Iwamura castle was a mountain castle that was located in ...

[Castle name] Iga Ueno Castle Iga Ueno castle was built by Takatora Todo, to suppress the Toyotomi family. [Explanation] Iga Ueno castle was a flat mountain castle that existed in Uenomarunouchi in Iga, Mie prefecture. There was Nitsuki-...

[Castle name] Shoryuji Castle Shoryuji castle was located in Nagaoka in Yamashiro no Kuni, and was owned by Fujitaka Hosokawa. [Explanation] Shoryuji castle was a castle located in current Shoryuji, Nagaokoa-shi in Kyoto. It existed from...

[Castle name] Hachioji Castle Hachioji castle was where Ujiteru Hojo, who was defeated by Toyotomi troops, resided. One of Japan’s 100 famous castles. [Explanation] Hachioji Castle was located in Musashi no Kuni (current Hachioji in Toky...

[Castle name] Kitanosho Castle It was destroyed with its residents Shibata Katsuie and Oichinokata when Hashiba Hideyoshi attacked it. [Description] Kitanosho Castle used to stand in Chuo, Fukui City, Fukui Prefecture. Oda Nobunaga's ret...

[Castle name] Kiso Fukushima Castle Its head betrayed Takeda Katsuyori and guided the Oda army in Kosyu Conquest. Finally, its residents were transferred to Boso Ajito Castle and it was destroyed. [Description] Kiso Fukushima Castle used...

[Castle name] Izushi Castle (Arikoyama Castle) Yamana Suketoyo, who was defeated by Hashiba Hideyoshi in Tajima conquest, lived in it. [Description] Izushi Castle used to stand in Izushi, Toyooka, Hyogo. When the Yamana family was in its...

[Castle name] Kimotsuki Castle (Takayama Castle) Kimotsuki Kanetsugu was a strong lord in Osumi Province, but he surrendered when the Shimazu family attacked the castle. [Description] Kimotsuki Castle used to stand in a mountain in curre...

[Castle name] Kuwabara Castle It was a sub castle of Suwa Yorishige's Uehara Castle. [Description] Kuwabara Castle used to stand in current Kuwabara, Shiga, Suwa City, Nagano Prefecture from the Middle Age to the Warring States period. W...

[Castle name] Kuwana Castle Takigawa Ichimasu gained the mastery over this area because Oda Nobunaga ordered him to get Kita Ise. At the end of the Edo period, Matsudaira Sadaaki, who worked as Kyoto-Shoshidai, lived in it. [Description]...

Castle name Kuroi Castle Akai Naomasa, who resisted Tanba Conquest of Akechi Mitsuhide, lived in it. [Description] Kuroi Castle used to stand in Tamba City, Hyogo Prefecture. It also called Hogetsu Castle. It was built by Akamatsu Sadano...