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Koriyama Castle Ruins

Castle ruins in Yamatokoriyama, Nara, with stone walls, moats, rebuilt gates and turrets, a keep-base lookout and one of Japan's top cherry blossom spots.

Yamatokoriyama · Nara

Castle

Otaki Castle

Otaki Castle, a castle in Otaki, Chiba, from the 16th-century Sengoku period, with a reconstructed keep, stone walls and a museum of feudal history.

Otaki · Chiba

Shrine

Sasayama Shrine

Sasayama Shrine, dedicated to the god of martial arts and war, sits within Kurume Castle in Fukuoka with a main hall in traditional Edo period style.

Kurume · Fukuoka

Park & Garden

Nishinomaru Garden

Public garden within Wakayama Castle grounds featuring thousands of cherry blossom trees, a central pond, and a traditional tea house.

Wakayama

Castle

Kakegawa Castle

Kakegawa Castle served as a strategic fortress for the Tokugawa vassal clans along the Tokaido highway connecting Kyoto and eastern Japan.

Kakegawa · Shizuoka

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Maruoka Castle

Fukui castle known as the Mist Castle, whose keep is claimed to be the oldest in Japan, now overlooking a public park popular for cherry blossoms.

Sakai · Fukui

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Kagoshima Castle

Built in 1601 by the Shimazu clan, this castle was notably small by design, with only its moat, walls, and the recently reconstructed Otemon Gate remaining.

Kagoshima

Historic Site

Tokushima Castle Ruins

Edo-era castle ruins by the Yoshino River, built by Hachisuka Iemasa with a keep on a 60-meter hill, demolished in the Meiji period and a park since 1905.

Tokushima

Castle

Uwajima Castle

Castle in Uwajima held by the Date clan, with a pentagonal moat layout that left blind spots for attackers, and damaged by earthquakes over the centuries.

Uwajima · Ehime

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Yuzuki Castle Ruins

Medieval castle ruins in Matsuyama linked to the Kono clan, with double moats, listed among the Top 100 Castles for their rare early castle architecture.

Matsuyama · Ehime

Castle

Odawara Castle

Late fifteenth-century stronghold that served as the seat of the Hojo clan, rebuilt in the 1960s as a museum and observation point.

Odawara · Kanagawa

Shrine

Hie Shrine

Hie Shrine in Tokyo's Nagatacho district dates to the Kamakura period and served as guardian deity of Edo Castle and the Imperial Palace.

Tokyo

Castle

Marugame Castle

Seventeenth-century castle with distinctive 20-meter stone walls, rebuilt in 1640 and completed in 1670, ranked among Japan's Top 100 Castles.

Marugame · Kagawa

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Matsue Castle

Original wooden fortress built 1607-1611, one of Japan's few surviving castles and one of the Three Great Lake Castles in its architectural category.

Matsue · Shimane

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Shiroishi Castle

A hilltop fortress from 1591 that served as the Katakura clan seat for over 260 years and later became a regional government headquarters.

Shiroishi · Miyagi

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Takasaki Castle

Flatland castle whose grounds now host city hall and library, with surviving structures including towers and gates relocated and preserved from the Edo period.

Takasaki · Gunma

Castle

Bitchu Matsuyama Castle

Mountain castle built in 1240 and rebuilt in 1331 on its current location, retaining its tenshu, Niju yagura, and section of defensive walls.

Takahashi · Okayama

Castle

Hirosaki Castle

A Japanese castle built in 1611 that remains the only surviving Edo-period castle keep in the entire Tohoku region, originally featuring a five-story tower.

Hirosaki · Aomori

Castle

Koriyama Castle Ruins

Castle ruins in Yamatokoriyama, Nara, with stone walls, moats, rebuilt gates and turrets, a keep-base lookout and one of Japan's top cherry blossom spots.

Yamatokoriyama · Nara

Castle

Otaki Castle

Otaki Castle, a castle in Otaki, Chiba, from the 16th-century Sengoku period, with a reconstructed keep, stone walls and a museum of feudal history.

Otaki · Chiba

Shrine

Sasayama Shrine

Sasayama Shrine, dedicated to the god of martial arts and war, sits within Kurume Castle in Fukuoka with a main hall in traditional Edo period style.

Kurume · Fukuoka

Park & Garden

Nishinomaru Garden

Public garden within Wakayama Castle grounds featuring thousands of cherry blossom trees, a central pond, and a traditional tea house.

Wakayama

Castle

Kakegawa Castle

Kakegawa Castle served as a strategic fortress for the Tokugawa vassal clans along the Tokaido highway connecting Kyoto and eastern Japan.

Kakegawa · Shizuoka

Castle

Maruoka Castle

Fukui castle known as the Mist Castle, whose keep is claimed to be the oldest in Japan, now overlooking a public park popular for cherry blossoms.

Sakai · Fukui

Castle

Kagoshima Castle

Built in 1601 by the Shimazu clan, this castle was notably small by design, with only its moat, walls, and the recently reconstructed Otemon Gate remaining.

Kagoshima

Historic Site

Tokushima Castle Ruins

Edo-era castle ruins by the Yoshino River, built by Hachisuka Iemasa with a keep on a 60-meter hill, demolished in the Meiji period and a park since 1905.

Tokushima

Castle

Uwajima Castle

Castle in Uwajima held by the Date clan, with a pentagonal moat layout that left blind spots for attackers, and damaged by earthquakes over the centuries.

Uwajima · Ehime

Castle

Yuzuki Castle Ruins

Medieval castle ruins in Matsuyama linked to the Kono clan, with double moats, listed among the Top 100 Castles for their rare early castle architecture.

Matsuyama · Ehime

Castle

Odawara Castle

Late fifteenth-century stronghold that served as the seat of the Hojo clan, rebuilt in the 1960s as a museum and observation point.

Odawara · Kanagawa

Shrine

Hie Shrine

Hie Shrine in Tokyo's Nagatacho district dates to the Kamakura period and served as guardian deity of Edo Castle and the Imperial Palace.

Tokyo

Castle

Marugame Castle

Seventeenth-century castle with distinctive 20-meter stone walls, rebuilt in 1640 and completed in 1670, ranked among Japan's Top 100 Castles.

Marugame · Kagawa

Castle

Matsue Castle

Original wooden fortress built 1607-1611, one of Japan's few surviving castles and one of the Three Great Lake Castles in its architectural category.

Matsue · Shimane

Castle

Shiroishi Castle

A hilltop fortress from 1591 that served as the Katakura clan seat for over 260 years and later became a regional government headquarters.

Shiroishi · Miyagi

Castle

Takasaki Castle

Flatland castle whose grounds now host city hall and library, with surviving structures including towers and gates relocated and preserved from the Edo period.

Takasaki · Gunma

Castle

Bitchu Matsuyama Castle

Mountain castle built in 1240 and rebuilt in 1331 on its current location, retaining its tenshu, Niju yagura, and section of defensive walls.

Takahashi · Okayama

Castle

Hirosaki Castle

A Japanese castle built in 1611 that remains the only surviving Edo-period castle keep in the entire Tohoku region, originally featuring a five-story tower.

Hirosaki · Aomori

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