Uwajima Castle
One of Japan's 12 original castles, a small but beautifully preserved hilltop tower overlooking U...
Bitchu-Matsuyama Castle
The highest original castle in Japan at 430 meters elevation, a mountaintop fortress often shroud...
Maruoka Castle
One of Japan's 12 original castles, and a long-standing contender for the oldest surviving keep.
Tsuyama Castle
One of Japan's Top Cherry Blossom Castle Ruins
Impressive castle ruins famous for towering stone walls and over 1,000 cherry trees. One of Japan...
Hirosaki Castle
Original Castle with Japan's Finest Cherry Blossoms
One of Japan's twelve original castles, surrounded by 2,600 cherry trees that create a legendary ...
Hiroshima Castle
Hiroshima Castle’s moats, stone walls and reconstructed Ninomaru buildings trace the city’s origi...
Azuchi Castle Ruins
Oda Nobunaga’s short-lived castle survives as a wooded ascent of stone steps, walls and foundatio...
Fukuyama Castle
Immediately above Fukuyama’s shinkansen station, a reconstructed keep joins surviving gates and t...
Yuzuki Castle Ruins
Inside Dogo Park, Yuzuki preserves the moats and earthworks of the Kono family’s medieval strongh...
Karatsu Castle
A hill above Karatsu Bay carries a modern castle tower with broad sea and town views. The histori...
Okazaki Castle
The Castle Where Tokugawa Ieyasu Was Born, Rebuilt in 1959
Tokugawa Ieyasu, the man who founded the Tokugawa shogunate, was born in this castle. The concret...
Takamatsu Castle
Takamatsu’s waterfront castle survives as Tamamo Park, where seawater fills the moats beside orig...
Hamamatsu Castle
Tokugawa Ieyasu’s early career gives Hamamatsu Castle its historical focus. A reconstructed keep ...
Odawara Castle
Odawara’s reconstructed keep rises above moats, gates and a castle park close to the station. The...
Hirado Castle
Hirado Castle occupies a sea-facing hill across from the old trading port. Its reconstructed keep...