This is an incomplete list of castles in Japan, and focuses on those with some historical notability. Five of Japan's castles are National Treasures.
A
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Agena Castle,
Uruma, Okinawa •
Aizuwakamatsu Castle (Tsuruga Castle),
Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima •
Akashi Castle,
Akashi, Hyōgo •
Akō Castle,
Akō, Hyōgo •
Amagasaki Castle,
Amagasaki, Hyōgo •
Aoba Castle,
Sendai, Miyagi •
Aya Castle,
Aya, Miyazaki •
Azuchi Castle,
Azuchi, Shiga (see
Azuchi-Momoyama period) ==B==
F
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Fukuchiyama Castle,
Fukuchiyama, Kyoto •
Fukui Castle,
Fukui, Fukui •
Fukui Castle,
Ibaraki, Osaka •
Fukuoka Castle,
Fukuoka, Fukuoka •
Fukushima Castle,
Fukushima, Fukushima •
Fukushima Castle,
Kiso, Nagano •
Fukuyama Castle (Hisamatsu Castle),
Fukuyama, Hiroshima •
Funai Castle,
Ōita, Ōita •
Fushimi Castle (Momoyama Castle),
Kyoto (see
Azuchi-Momoyama period) ==G==
G
•
Gassantoda Castle,
Yasugi, Shimane •
Gifu Castle (Inabayama Castle),
Gifu, Gifu •
Goeku Castle,
Okinawa, Okinawa •
Gujō Hachiman Castle,
Gujō, Gifu •
Gushikawa Castle (Itoman),
Itoman, Okinawa •
Gushikawa Castle (Kume),
Kumejima, Okinawa ==H==
H
•
Hachigata Castle,
Yorii, Saitama •
Hachinohe Castle,
Hachinohe, Aomori •
Hachiōji Castle,
Hachiōji, Tokyo •
Hadano Castle,
Hadano, Kanagawa •
Hagi Castle,
Hagi, Yamaguchi •
Hakumai Castle,
Matsuzaka, Mie •
Hamamatsu Castle,
Hamamatsu, Shizuoka •
Hara Castle,
Minamishimabara, Nagasaki •
Hataya Castle,
Yamanobe, Yamagata •
Hayashi Castle,
Matsumoto, Nagano •
Hiji Castle (ruins),
Hiji, Ōita •
Hikone Castle,
Hikone, Shiga •
Himeji Castle,
Himeji, Hyōgo, World Heritage Site •
Hinoe Castle,
Minamishimabara, Nagasaki •
Hirado Castle,
Hirado, Nagasaki •
Hirosaki Castle,
Hirosaki, Aomori •
Hiroshima Castle,
Hiroshima, Hiroshima •
Hoshizaki Castle,
Nagoya,
Aichi ==I==
I
•
Ichigoyama Castle,
Yoshii, Gunma •
Ichijōdani Castle,
Fukui, Fukui •
Iga Ueno Castle,
Iga, Mie •
Iha Castle,
Uruma, Okinawa •
Imabari Castle,
Imabari, Ehime •
Ina Castle,
Kozakai, Aichi •
Inohana Castle,
Chiba, Chiba •
Inuyama Castle,
Inuyama, Aichi •
Itami Castle,
Itami, Hyōgo •
Iwabitsu Castle,
Higashiagatsuma, Gunma •
Iwakuni Castle,
Iwakuni, Yamaguchi •
Iwamura Castle,
Ena, Gifu •
Iwasaki Castle,
Nisshin, Aichi •
Iwayadō Castle,
Ōshū, Iwate •
Izena Castle,
Izena, Okinawa •
Izushi Castle,
Izushi, Hyōgo ==K==
K
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Kagoshima Castle,
Kagoshima, Kagoshima •
Kakegawa Castle,
Kakegawa, Shizuoka •
Kakunodate Castle,
Kakunodate, Akita •
Kameyama Castle,
Kameoka, Kyoto •
Kameyama Castle,
Kameyama, Mie •
Kami-Akasaka Castle,
Chihayaakasaka, Osaka •
Kamiizumi Castle,
Yamanashi Prefecture •
Kaminokuni Castle,
Kaminokuni, Hokkaido •
Kaminoyama Castle,
Kaminoyama, Yamagata •
Kanayama Castle,
Ōta, Gunma •
Kanazawa Castle,
Kanazawa, Ishikawa •
Kannonji Castle,
Azuchi, Shiga •
Kanō Castle,
Gifu, Gifu •
Karakawa Castle,
Goshogawara, Aomori •
Karasawa Castle,
Sano, Tochigi •
Karatsu Castle,
Karatsu, Saga •
Kasugayama Castle,
Jōetsu, Niigata •
Katsuren Castle,
Uruma, Okinawa •
Kawagoe Castle,
Kawagoe, Saitama •
Kawate Castle,
Gifu, Gifu •
Ki castle,
Sōja, Okayama •
Kihara Castle,
Inashiki District, Ibaraki •
Kikko Castle,
Kagoshima, Kagoshima •
Kikuchi Castle,
Kikuchi, Kumamoto •
Kishiwada Castle,
Kishiwada, Osaka •
Kitanosho Castle,
Fukui, Fukui •
Kitsuki Castle,
Kitsuki, Ōita •
Kiyosu Castle,
Kiyosu, Aichi •
Kōchi Castle,
Kōchi, Kōchi •
Kōfu Castle,
Kōfu, Yamanashi •
Kokura Castle,
Kitakyushu, Fukuoka •
Komakiyama Castle,
Komaki, Aichi •
Komine Castle (Shirakawa Castle),
Shirakawa, Fukushima •
Komoro Castle,
Komoro, Nagano •
Kōriyama Castle,
Ibaraki, Osaka •
Kōriyama Castle,
Shiwa, Iwate •
Kōriyama Castle,
Yamatokōriyama, Nara •
Kōriyama Castle,
Kagoshima Prefecture •
Kōriyama Castle,
Kōriyama, Fukushima •
Kōriyama Castle,
Ōnan, Shimane •
Kubota Castle,
Akita, Akita •
Kumamoto Castle,
Kumamoto, Kumamoto •
Kunimine Castle,
Kanra, Gunma •
Kuniyoshi Castle,
Mihama, Fukui •
Kurono Castle,
Gifu,
Gifu Prefecture •
Kurume Castle,
Kurume, Fukuoka •
Kururi Castle,
Kimitsu, Chiba •
Kushima Castle,
Ōmura,
Nagasaki •
Kuwabara Castle,
Suwa, Nagano •
Kuwana Castle,
Kuwana, Mie •
Katsurayama Castle,
Susono, Shizuoka ==M==
M
•
Marugame Castle,
Marugame, Kagawa •
Maruoka Castle,
Maruoka, Fukui •
Matsue Castle,
Matsue, Shimane •
Matsukura Castle,
Takayama, Gifu •
Matsumae Castle,
Matsumae, Hokkaido •
Matsumori Castle,
Izumi, Miyagi •
Matsumoto Castle,
Matsumoto, Nagano •
Matsushiro Castle,
Nagano, Nagano •
Matsuyama Castle,
Matsuyama, Ehime •
Matsuyama Castle,
Takahashi, Okayama •
Matsuzaka Castle,
Matsusaka, Mie •
Mihara Castle Mihara, Hiroshima •
Minakuchi Castle,
Kōka, Shiga •
Minato Castle,
Tsuchizaki,
Akita, Akita •
Minowa Castle,
Takasaki, Gunma •
Mito Castle,
Mito, Ibaraki •
Mitsumine Castle,
Sabae, Fukui •
Miyao Castle site,
Miyajima, Hiroshima •
Mizusawa Castle,
Oshu, Iwate • Momoyama Castle, see
Fushimi Castle •
Morioka Castle (Kozukata Castle),
Morioka, Iwate •
Motegi Castle,
Motegi, Tochigi •
Muro Castle,
Toyohashi, Aichi ==N==
N
•
Nagahama Castle,
Nagahama, Shiga •
Nagamori Castle,
Gifu,
Gifu Prefecture •
Nagaoka Castle,
Nagaoka, Niigata •
Nagashino Castle,
Shinshiro, Aichi •
Nagayama Castle,
Hita, Ōita •
Nago Castle,
Nago, Okinawa •
Nagoya Castle,
Nagoya, Aichi •
Nagoya Castle,
Karatsu, Saga •
Nagurumi Castle,
Minakami, Gunma •
Nakagusuku Castle,
Kitanakagusuku, Okinawa •
Nakatsu Castle,
Nakatsu, Ōita •
Nakijin Castle,
Nakijin, Okinawa •
Nanao Castle,
Nanao, Ishikawa •
Nanzan Castle,
Itoman, Okinawa •
Ne Castle,
Hachinohe, Aomori •
Nedo Castle,
Abiko, Chiba •
Negoya Castle,
Otaki, Chiba •
Nihonmatsu Castle,
Nihonmatsu, Fukushima •
Nijō Castle,
Kyoto, World Heritage Site •
Nirayama Castle,
Izunokuni, Shizuoka •
Nirengi Castle,
Toyohashi, Aichi •
Nishikawa Castle,
Toyohashi, Aichi •
Noda Castle,
Aichi Prefecture ==O==
O
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Obama Castle,
Obama,
Fukui Prefecture •
Obama Castle,
Iwashiro,
Fukushima Prefecture •
Obi Castle,
Nichinan, Miyazaki •
Odani Castle,
Kohoku,
Shiga Prefecture •
Odawara Castle,
Odawara, Kanagawa •
Ōgaki Castle,
Ōgaki, Gifu •
Ōgo Castle,
Ōgo, Gunma •
Ōtawara Castle,
Ōtawara, Tochigi •
Ōita Castle,
Ōita, Ōita •
Oka Castle (
ja),
Taketa, Ōita •
Okayama Castle,
Okayama, Okayama •
Okazaki Castle,
Okazaki, Aichi •
Omi Hachiman Castle,
Ōmihachiman, Shiga •
Onomichi Castle,
Onomichi, Hiroshima •
Osaka Castle,
Osaka •
Oshi Castle,
Gyōda, Saitama •
Otaki Castle,
Otaki, Chiba •
Oyama Castle,
Haibara District, Shizuoka •
Ōzato Castle,
Nanjō, Okinawa •
Ōzu Castle,
Ōzu, Ehime ==S==
S
•
Saga Castle,
Saga, Saga •
Sagiyama Castle,
Gifu,
Gifu Prefecture •
Saiki Castle,
Saiki, Ōita •
Sakura Castle,
Sakura, Chiba •
Sakurabora Castle,
Gero, Gifu •
Sano Castle,
Sano, Tochigi •
Sarukake Castle,
Akitakata, Hiroshima •
Sarukake Castle,
Kurashiki, Okayama •
Sasayama Castle,
Sasayama, Hyōgo •
Satowara Castle,
Miyazaki, Miyazaki •
Sawayama Castle,
Hikone, Shiga •
Sekiyado Castle,
Noda, Chiba •
Senshu Castle,
Senshu, Osaka •
Shakujii castle,
Nerima, Tokyo •
Shibata Castle,
Shibata, Niigata •
Shichinohe Castle,
Kamikita District, Aomori •
Shikizan Castle •
Shimabara Castle,
Shimabara, Nagasaki •
Shimo-Akasaka Castle,
Senshu, Osaka •
Shimotsui Castle,
Kurashiki, Okayama •
Shinpu Castle,
Nirasaki, Yamanashi •
Shirakawa Castle,
Shirakawa, Fukushima •
Shiroishi Castle,
Shiroishi, Miyagi •
Shizugatake Castle,
Shizugatake, Omi •
Shoryuji Castle,
Nagaokakyō, Kyoto •
Shuri Castle,
Naha, Okinawa •
Sumoto Castle,
Sumoto, Hyōgo •
Sunomata Castle,
Ōgaki, Gifu •
Sunpu Castle,
Shizuoka, Shizuoka ==T==
T
•
Tahara Castle,
Tahara, Aichi •
Taka Castle,
Matsuzaka, Mie •
Takada Castle,
Jōetsu, Niigata •
Takamatsu Castle,
Takamatsu, Kagawa •
Takamori Castle,
Usa,
Ōita •
Takaoka Castle,
Takaoka, Toyama •
Takasaki Castle,
Takasaki, Gunma •
Takashima Castle,
Suwa, Nagano •
Takatenjin Castle,
Kakegawa, Shizuoka •
Takatori Castle,
Takatori, Nara •
Takayama Castle,
Takayama, Gifu •
Takeda Castle,
Asago, Hyōgo •
Takenoya Castle,
Gamagori, Aichi •
Taki-no-jō Castle,
Tokorozawa,
Saitama •
Tamagusuku Castle,
Tamagusuku, Okinawa •
Tamanawa Castle,
Kamakura, Kanagawa •
Tanaka Castle,
Fujieda, Shizuoka •
Tatebayashi Castle,
Tatebayashi, Gunma •
Tateyama Castle,
Tateyama, Chiba •
Tatsuno Castle,
Tatsuno, Hyōgo •
Tobiyama Castle,
Utsunomiya, Tochigi •
Tokushima Castle,
Tokushima, Tokushima •
Tomigusuku Castle,
Tomigusuku, Okinawa •
Tomioka Castle,
Reihoku, Kumamoto •
Tomo Castle,
Fukuyama, Hiroshima •
Tottori Castle,
Tottori, Tottori •
Toyama Castle,
Toyama, Toyama •
Toyoda Castle,
Joso, Ibaraki •
Tsu Castle,
Tsu, Mie •
Tsuchiura Castle,
Tsuchiura, Ibaraki •
Tsuruga Castle,
Tsuruga, Fukui •
Tsurumaru Castle,
Kagoshima, Kagoshima •
Tsutsujigasaki yakate,
Kōfu, Yamanashi •
Tsuwano Castle,
Tsuwano, Shimane •
Tsuyama Castle,
Tsuyama, Okayama ==U==
U
•
Uchi Castle,
Kagoshima, Kagoshima •
Ueda Castle,
Ueda, Nagano •
Uegusuku Castle (Kume),
Kumejima, Okinawa •
Uegusuku Castle (Tomigusuku),
Tomigusuku, Okinawa •
Uehara Castle,
Chino, Nagano •
Ueno Castle,
Iga, Mie •
Urado Castle,
Kōchi, Kōchi •
Urasoe Castle,
Urasoe, Okinawa •
Usuki Castle,
Usuki, Ōita •
Uto Castle,
Uto, Kumamoto •
Utsunomiya Castle,
Utsunomiya, Tochigi •
Uwajima Castle,
Uwajima, Ehime •
Uzuki Castle,
Matsuyama, Ehime ==W==
Y
•
Yagami Castle,
Sasayama, Hyōgo •
Yamada Castle,
Onna, Okinawa •
Yamagata Castle,
Yamagata, Yamagata •
Yamanaka Castle,
Mishima, Shizuoka •
Yanagawa Castle,
Yanagawa, Fukuoka •
Yatsushiro Castle,
Yatsushiro, Kumamoto •
Yodo Castle,
Kyoto •
Yokote Castle,
Yokote, Akita •
Yonago Castle,
Yonago, Tottori •
Yonezawa Castle,
Yonezawa, Yamagata •
Yononushi Castle,
Wadomari, Kagoshima •
Yoshida Castle,
Toyohashi, Aichi •
Yoshida-Kōriyama Castle (Aki-Kōriyama Castle),
Akitakata, Hiroshima •
Yuzuki Castle,
Matsuyama,
Ehime ==Z==