This is a list of foreign-style castles in Japan. In Japan, the word '城(shiro) has broader meanings than western world, so this list includes the buildings near to fortresses.
Korean style castles
Castle Image Location First Built Type StatusMizuki CastleDazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture663Korean style defensive wall?RuinsNagato CastleShimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture?665Korean-style fortressunknown locationŌno CastleŌnojō, Fukuoka Prefecture665Korean-style fortressRuinsKii CastleKiyama, Saga Prefecture665Korean-style fortressRuinsTakayasu CastleHeguri, Nara Prefecture667Korean-style fortressRuinsYashima CastleTakamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture667Korean-style fortressRuins, restored stonewallKaneda CastleTsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture667Korean-style fortressRuinsKikuchi CastleYamaga, Kumamoto Prefecture698Korean-style fortressPartially reconstructedMino Castleunknown699Korean-style fortressunknown locationInazumi castleunknown699Korean-style fortressunknown locationMio CastleTakashima, Shiga Prefecture?672Korean-style fortress?unknown locationIbara CastleFukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture?719Korean-style fortressunknown locationTsune CastleFuchū, Hiroshima Prefecture?719Korean-style fortressunknown locationKiyama CastleTatsuno, Hyogo, Hyogo PrefectureunknownKōgoishiRuinsŌmeguri Komeguri-san CastleOkayama, Okayama PrefectureunknownKōgoishiRuinsKi CastleSōja, Okayama PrefectureunknownKōgoishiPartially reconstructedIwaki-san CastleHikari, Yamaguchi prefectureunknownKōgoishiRuinsKiyama CastleSakaide, Kagawa prefectureunknownKōgoishiRuinsEinōsan CastleSaijō, Ehime PrefectureunknownKōgoishiRuinsKakenouma CastleIizuka, Fukuoka PrefectureunknownKōgoishiRuinsRaizan CastleItoshima, Fukuoka, Fukuoka PrefectureunknownKōgoishiRuinsHagi CastleAsakura, Fukuoka PrefectureunknownKōgoishiRuinsAshiki-san CastleChikushino, Fukuoka PrefectureunknownKōgoishiRuinsKōra-san CastleKurume, Fukuoka PrefectureunknownKōgoishiRuinsZoyama CastleMiyama, Fukuoka PrefectureunknownKōgoishiRuinsGoshogatani castleMiyako, Fukuoka PrefectureunknownKōgoishiRuinsTōbaru-san CastleKōge, Fukuoka prefectureunknownKōgoishiRuinsObukuma-yama CastleSaga, Saga prefectureunknownKōgoishiRuinsOtsubo-yama CastleTakeo, Saga, Saga PrefectureunknownKōgoishiRuins
Chinese style castle
Castle Image Location First Built Type StatusIto CastleItoshima, Fukuoka Prefecture756–768Chinese style fortress怡土城跡（糸島市ホームページ）。Ruins
Portuguese style castle
Castle Location First Built Type StatusFortified City of NagasakiNagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture1580?CitadelPossible ruins remains起源は16世紀後半の城塞？ 長崎学研究所・赤瀬所長 県庁跡地一帯の石垣研究 長崎新聞、2019-02-17
Western style bastion fort
Castle Image Location First Built Type StatusGoryōkakuHakodate, Hokkaido186619th century western military style star fort ReconstructedTatsuoka CastleSaku, Nagano Prefecture1864–186719th century western military style star fort One Building remainsHekirichi Bastion Fort of Matsumae ClanHokuto, Hokkaido1855A defensive structure combining tactical theory adapted to the peak of artillery warfare with the star-shaped bastion style, developed 150 years after Vauban’s geometric refinements. The foundational theory is a Dutch translation of teachings from a professor at the Saint-Cyr Military Academy.The outer fortifications and battery structures (earthworks)remain wellShiryōkakuHakodate, Hokkaido186919th century western military style bastion fort五稜郭だけじゃない！四稜郭もあれば三稜郭や七稜郭もあった?! Good day 北海道,2019年10月14日アクセスRuinsTogeshita daibaNanae, Hokkaido?Seven horned Star-shaped redoubt, however, none of its extremities feature bastions.Ruins
Japanese castles with French-style buildings
Castle Image Location First Built Western style buildings installed Remaining French-style buildingShibata CastleShibata, Niigata PrefectureKamakura periodMeiji periodbarracks 自衛隊新潟地方協力本部、2019年10月15日アクセスNagoya CastleNagoya, Aichi PrefectureSengoku periodMeiji periodbarracks (relocated to Meiji-mura)歩兵第六聯隊兵舎 博物館明治村、2019年10月14日アクセス)Matsuyama CastleMatsuyama, Ehime Prefecture16031922villa Visit Ehime Japan、2021年10月6日アクセス)
Japanese castles with English-style buildings
Castle Image Location First Built Western style buildings installed Remaining English style buildingsOsaka CastleOsaka, Osaka Prefecture1583Meiji periodHeadquarters of the 4th Division of the Imperial Japanese Army(now Miraiza Osaka-jo)橋爪紳也、『大大阪モダン建築』、青幻舎、2007
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References
- リンクは九州国立博物館「西都 太宰府」資料観覧ライブラリー。
See also Chashi—fortifications built by Ainu people Gusuku—the castles of the Ryūkyū Kingdom List of castles List of castles in Japan