# Travel Destinations | Japan Voyage Travel

- [Takeda Castle Ruins](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/takeda-castle-ruins): Hyogo, Castle. The legendary 'Castle in the Sky', famous for floating above a sea of clouds on autumn mornings.
- [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.
- [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.
- [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.
- [Akashi Castle Ruins](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/akashi-castle-ruins): Hyogo, Castle. Two surviving three-story turrets stand above massive walls just north of Akashi Station. The castle never received a main keep, making its corner towers and broad stone terraces the focus of a visit through today’s spacious Akashi Park.
- [Ako Castle Ruins](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/ako-castle-ruins): Hyogo, Castle. Irregular moats and stone walls outline Ako’s former coastal fortress, associated with the Asano family and the story of the forty-seven ronin. Restored gates and exposed palace foundations help visitors read a castle that has no standing main keep.

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Source: [Travel Destinations | Japan Voyage Travel](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations?destination_type=castle&prefecture_id=28)
Last updated: 2026-11-13