Ikeda Castle Ruins Park
A landscaped hilltop park marks the former stronghold of the Ikeda clan, with a Japanese garden a...
Iwakuni Castle
A reconstructed hilltop castle above Kintaikyo Bridge, with views over the Nishiki River and Iwak...
Kakegawa Castle
A timber-reconstructed keep and surviving Edo-period palace make Kakegawa a rewarding contrast to...
Karatsu Castle
A hill above Karatsu Bay carries a modern castle tower with broad sea and town views. The histori...
Katsuren Castle Ruins
Tiered limestone walls rise like a stone ship above the Katsuren Peninsula. The World Heritage ru...
Kinojo Castle Ruins
A reconstructed gate above the Kibi Plain introduces a much older kind of Japanese fortress. Kino...
Kiyosu Castle
Oda Nobunaga's First Power Base, Rebuilt in 1989 Near Nagoya
Oda Nobunaga ran his campaigns from Kiyosu from 1555, and after his death the Kiyosu Conference c...
Koriyama Castle
Koriyama Castle Ruins: Moat Cherry Trees, an Upside-Down Jizo and a Free Deck on the Keep Base
The ruins of the castle Toyotomi Hidenaga made his seat in 1585, seven minutes' walk from Kintets...
Matsumae Castle
Hokkaido’s northern frontier history comes into focus at Matsumae Castle, where an original gate ...
Nakagusuku Castle Ruins
Six stone-walled enclosures trace a ridge above central Okinawa at Nakagusuku. This World Heritag...
Nakijin Castle Ruins
Long, curving stone walls cross the wooded hills of northern Okinawa at the former seat of the Ho...
Odawara Castle
Odawara’s reconstructed keep rises above moats, gates and a castle park close to the station. The...
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...
Sendai Castle Ruins
Above Sendai on wooded Aobayama, Date Masamune’s former stronghold combines imposing stone walls ...
Sunpu Castle Park
In central Shizuoka, moats and reconstructed gates outline the castle where Tokugawa Ieyasu spent...