List of castles in Japan

This is an incomplete list of castles in Japan, and focuses on those with some historical notability. Five of Japan's castles (Hikone, Himeji, Inuyama, Matsue and Matsumoto) are National Treasures.

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A 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 Beru Castle, Amami, Kagoshima Bitchu Matsuyama Castle, Takahashi, Okayama Bitchu Takamatsu Castle, Okayama, Okayama

C Chibana Castle, Okinawa, Okinawa Chihaya Castle, Chihayaakasaka, Osaka Chinen Castle, Chinen, Okinawa

E Echizen-Fuchū Castle, Echizen, Fukui Echizen Ōno Castle, Ōno, Fukui Edo Castle (Imperial Palace), Tokyo (Tōkyo)

F 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Wakayama Castle, Wakayama, Wakayama Washi Castle, Oyama, Tochigi

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 Zakimi Castle, Yomitan, Okinawa Zeze Castle, Ōtsu, Shiga

References

List of castles in Japan

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