# Travel Destinations | Japan Voyage Travel

- [Kumamoto Castle](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/kumamoto-castle): Kumamoto, Castle. Under restoration after the 2016 and July 2026 earthquakes. The main tower has reopened, but check what is currently open before visiting.
- [Okayama Castle](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/okayama-castle): Okayama, Castle. A striking black castle nicknamed 'Crow Castle' for its dark exterior, standing across the Asahi River from Korakuen Garden. Rebuilt in 1966, it houses a museum and offers panoramic views from the top floor.
- [Matsue Castle](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/matsue-castle): Shimane, Castle. A National Treasure known as the 'Black Castle', one of only 12 original castles and the sole surviving keep in the San'in region.
- [Matsuyama Castle](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/matsuyama-castle): Ehime, Castle. One of Japan's 12 original castles, this hilltop fortress offers sweeping views over Matsuyama and the Seto Inland Sea.
- [Matsumoto Castle](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/matsumoto-castle): Nagano, Castle. One of Japan's five National Treasure castles, famous for its striking black exterior and alpine mountain backdrop.
- [Nijo Castle](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/nijo-castle): Kyoto, Castle. UNESCO World Heritage flatland castle. The floors squeak when you walk, designed as a security alarm. Kano school paintings inside.
- [Hikone Castle](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/hikone-castle): Shiga, Castle. A National Treasure castle near Lake Biwa, one of only five castles with an original keep designated as a National Treasure.
- [Osaka Castle](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/osaka-castle): Osaka, Castle. One of Japan's most famous landmarks, a reconstructed castle housing a museum about the unification of Japan.
- [Kochi Castle](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/kochi-castle): Kochi, Castle. One of just 12 original castles, Kochi is the only castle in Japan to retain both its original tower and complete palace buildings.
- [Himeji Castle](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/himeji-castle): Hyogo, Castle. Japan's best preserved feudal castle, a UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the White Heron Castle for its brilliant white exterior.
- [Iga-Ueno Castle](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/iga-ueno-castle): Mie, Castle. Rising above the legendary birthplace of ninja culture, Iga-Ueno Castle has Japan's tallest stone walls at 30 meters high. The elegant white-walled castle keep, reconstructed in 1935 using traditional methods, houses artifacts from the region's feudal past. Combined with the adjacent Ninja Museum where visitors can explore hidden doors and secret passages, this hilltop fortress offers a close look at the shadowy world of Japan's most famous covert warriors.
- [Sumoto Castle Ruins](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/sumoto-castle-ruins): Hyogo, Castle. A hilltop castle ruin on Awaji Island with Japan's oldest remaining concrete-built tenshu replica and sweeping views across the Seto Inland Sea to Shikoku.
- [Nagoya Castle](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/nagoya-castle): Aichi, Castle. Castle with golden shachi roof ornaments and a faithfully reconstructed Honmaru Palace.
- [Sasayama Castle](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/sasayama-castle): Hyogo, Castle. The stone walls and moats of a castle built in 1609 on Tokugawa Ieyasu's orders, and the Ōshoin, its great hall, rebuilt in 2000. ¥500, or ¥1,000 with three more of the town's history sites.
- [Shuri Castle](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/shuri-castle): Okinawa, Castle. The reconstructed royal palace of the Ryukyu Kingdom, a mix of Chinese and Japanese architecture on a hill above Naha.

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Last updated: 2026-11-07