100 Fine Castles of Japan

The castles in were chosen based on their significance in culture, history, and in their regions by the in 2006.

In 2017, the Japanese Castle Association created an additional finest 100 castles list as Continued Top 100 Japanese Castles.

Hokkaidō NamePrefectureCityYear completedBuilt byPhotoNemuro Peninsula Chashi Site根室半島チャシ跡群HokkaidoNemuroFrom the 16Cto the 18CAinu peopleアイヌ民族Goryōkaku五稜郭HokkaidoHakodate1866Tokugawa shogunate徳川軍和新政府軍Matsumae Castle松前城HokkaidoMatsumae1606Matsumae Takahiro松前崇広

Tōhoku region NamePrefectureCityYear completedBuilt byPhotoHirosaki Castle弘前城AomoriHirosaki1611Tsugaru Tamenobu津軽為信Tsugaru Nobuhira津軽信枚Ne Castle根城AomoriHachinohe1334Moroyuki Nanbu南部師行Morioka Castle盛岡城IwateMorioka1598Nanbu Nobunao南部信直Sendai Castle仙台城MiyagiSendai1601Date Masamune伊達政宗Taga Fort多賀城MiyagiTagajō724Ōno no Azumabito小野東人Kubota Castle久保田城AkitaAkita1604Satake Yoshinobu佐竹義宣Yamagata Castle山形城YamagataYamagata1356Shiba Kaneyori斯波兼頼Nihonmatsu Castle二本松城FukushimaNihonmatsuMuromachi periodHatakeyama MitsuyasuTsuruga Castle鶴ヶ城FukushimaAizuwakamatsu1384Ashina Naomori蘆名直盛Komine Castle小峰城FukushimaShirakawa1340Yūki Chikatomo

Kantō and Kōshin'etsu region NamePrefectureCityYear completedBuilt byPhotoMito Castle水戸城IbarakiMito1198Baba SukemotoBanna-ji鑁阿寺TochigiAshikaga1196Minamoto no Yoshiyasu源義康Minowa Castle箕輪城GunmaTakasaki1512Nagano NarihisaKanayama Castle金山城GunmaŌta1469岩松家純Hachigata Castle鉢形城SaitamaYorii1476Nagao Kageharu長尾景春Kawagoe Castle川越城SaitamaKawagoe1457Uesugi Mochitomo上杉持朝Sakura Castle佐倉城ChibaSakuraTenbun eraKashima ChikamikiEdo Castle江戸城TokyoChiyoda1457Ōta Dōkan太田道灌Hachiōji Castle八王子城TokyoHachiōji1587Hōjō Ujiteru北条氏照Odawara Castle小田原城KanagawaOdawara1633Ōmori Yoriharu大森頼春Tsutsujigasaki Castle躑躅ヶ崎館YamanashiKōfu1519Takeda Nobutora武田信虎Kōfu Castle甲府城YamanashiKōfu1583Tokugawa Ieyasu徳川家康Matsushiro Castle松代城NaganoNagano1560Takeda Shingen武田信玄Ueda Castle上田城NaganoUeda1583Sanada Masayuki真田昌幸Komoro Castle小諸城NaganoKomoro1554Takeda Shingen武田信玄Matsumoto Castle松本城NaganoMatsumoto1504Shimadachi SadanagaTakatō Castle高遠城NaganoIna??Shibata Castle新発田城NiigataShibata1654?Shibata clan?Kasugayama Castle春日山城NiigataJōetsuNanboku-chō periodNagao clanUesugi clan

Hokuriku region NamePrefectureCityYear completedBuilt byPhotoTakaoka Castle高岡城ToyamaTakaoka1609Maeda ToshinagaNanao Castle七尾城IshikawaNanao1429Hatakeyama MitsunoriKanazawa Castle金沢城IshikawaKanazawa1580Sakuma MorimasaMaruoka Castle丸岡城FukuiSakai1576Shibata KatsutoyoIchijōdani Castle一乗谷城FukuiFukuiNanboku-chō periodAsakura clan

Tōkai region NamePrefectureCityYear completedBuilt byPhotoIwamura Castle岩村城GifuEna1221Tōyama KagetomoGifu Castle岐阜城GifuGifu1201Nikaidō YukimasaYamanaka Castle山中城ShizuokaMishima1570Hōjō UjiyasuSunpu Castle駿府城ShizuokaShizuoka1585Tokugawa IeyasuKakegawa Castle掛川城ShizuokaKakegawa1487Asahina YasuhiroInuyama Castle犬山城AichiInuyama1469Oda HirochikaNagoya Castle名古屋城AichiNagoya1609Tokugawa IeyasuOkazaki Castle岡崎城AichiOkazaki1452?Saigō clanNagashino Castle長篠城AichiShinshiro1508Suganuma MotonariIga Ueno Castle伊賀上野城MieIga1585Tsutsui SadatsuguMatsusaka Castle松阪城MieMatsusaka1588Gamō Ujisato

Kansai region NamePrefectureCityYear completedBuilt byPhotoOdani Castle小谷城ShigaKohoku1516Azai SukemasaHikone Castle彦根城ShigaHikone1622Ii NaokatsuAzuchi Castle安土城ShigaŌmihachiman1576Oda NobunagaKannonji Castle観音寺城ShigaŌmihachiman1487Rokkaku UjiyoriNijō Castle二条城KyotoKyoto1603Tokugawa IeyasuOsaka Castle大坂城OsakaOsaka1583Toyotomi HideyoshiChihaya Castle千早城OsakaChihayaakasaka1332Kusunoki MasashigeTakeda Castle竹田城HyōgoAsago1431Yamana SōzenSasayama Castle篠山城HyōgoSasayama1609Tokugawa IeyasuAkashi Castle明石城HyōgoAkashi1618Ogasawara TadazaneHimeji Castle姫路城HyōgoHimeji1346Akamatsu SadanoriAkō Castle赤穂城HyōgoAkō1483Oka MitsuhiroTakatori Castle高取城NaraTakatori1332Ochi KunizumiWakayama Castle和歌山城WakayamaWakayama1586Toyotomi Hidenaga

Chūgoku region NamePrefectureCityYear completedBuilt byPhotoTottori Castle鳥取城TottoriTottori1555Yamana clanMatsue Castle松江城ShimaneMatsue1611Horio TadaujiGassantoda Castle月山富田城ShimaneYasugi1185?Sasaki Yoshikiyo?Tsuwano Castle津和野城ShimaneTsuwano1295Yoshimi YoriyukiTsuyama Castle津山城OkayamaTsuyama1444Yamashina TadamasaBitchū Matsuyama Castle備中松山城OkayamaTakahashi1240Akiba ShigenobuKi castle鬼ノ城OkayamaSōja7C?Yamato court?Okayama Castle岡山城OkayamaOkayama1369Uwagami TakanaoFukuyama Castle福山城HiroshimaFukuyama1622Mizuno KatsunariYoshida-Kōriyama Castle吉田郡山城HiroshimaAkitakata1336Mōri TokichikaHiroshima Castle広島城HiroshimaHiroshima1589Mōri TerumotoIwakuni Castle岩国城YamaguchiIwakuni1601Kikkawa HiroieHagi Castle萩城YamaguchiHagi1604Mōri Terumoto

Shikoku region NamePrefectureCityYear completedBuilt byPhotoTokushima Castle徳島城TokushimaTokushima1585Hachisuka IemasaTakamatsu Castle高松城KagawaTakamatsu1590Ikoma ChikamasaMarugame Castle丸亀城KagawaMarugameMuromachi periodNara MotoyasuImabari Castle今治城EhimeImabari1602Tōdō TakatoraMatsuyama Castle松山城EhimeMatsuyama1602Katō YoshiakiYuzuki Castle湯築城EhimeMatsuyama14CKōno clanŌzu Castle大洲城EhimeŌzu1331Utsunomiya ToyofusaUwajima Castle宇和島城EhimeUwajima1586Tachibana no TōyasuKōchi Castle高知城KōchiKōchi1603Yamauchi Kazutoyo

Kyūshū region NamePrefectureCityYear completedBuilt byPhotoFukuoka Castle福岡城FukuokaFukuoka1601Kuroda NagamasaŌno Castle (Chikuzen Province)大野城FukuokaŌnojō665?Nagoya Castle名護屋城SagaKaratsu1591Toyotomi HideyoshiYoshinogari site吉野ヶ里遺跡SagaYoshinogariKanzakiYayoi period?Saga Castle佐賀城SagaSaga1602Nabeshima clanHirado Castle平戸城NagasakiHirado1599Matsura ShigenobuShimabara Castle島原城NagasakiShimabara1624Matsukura ShigemasaKumamoto Castle熊本城 KumamotoKumamoto1467Ideta HidenobuHitoyoshi Castle人吉城KumamotoHitoyoshiGenkyū eraSagara NagayoriFunai Castle府内城ŌitaŌita1597Oka Castle岡城 (豊後国)ŌitaTaketa1185Ogata KoreyoshiObi Castle飫肥城MiyazakiNichinanSengoku periodKagoshima Castle鹿児島城KagoshimaKagoshima1602Shimazu Iehisa

Okinawa region NamePrefectureCityYear completedBuilt byPhotoNakijin Castle今帰仁城OkinawaNakijin13C?Haniji?Nakagusuku Castle中城城OkinawaKitanakagusuku1440GosamaruShuri Castle首里城OkinawaNaha14C?King of Chūzan

100 Fine Castles of Japan

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