Japan's Top 100 Castles
The castles in Japan's Top 100 Castles (日本百名城 Nihon Hyaku-Meijō) were chosen based on their significance in culture, history, and in their regions by the Japanese Castle Foundation (日本城郭協会 Nihon Jōkaku Kyōkai) in 2006.
Hokkaidō
Nama | Prefecture | City | Year completed | Built by | Photo |
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Nemuro Peninsula Chashi Site 根室半島チャシ跡群 | Hokkaido | Nemuro | From the 16C to the 18C | Ainu people | ![]() |
Goryōkaku 五稜郭 | Hokkaido | Hakodate | 1866 | Tokugawa shogunate | ![]() |
Matsumae Castle 松前城 | Hokkaido | Matsumae | 1606 | Matsumae Takahiro | ![]() |
Tōhoku region
Nama | Prefecture | City | Year completed | Built by | Photo |
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Hirosaki Castle 弘前城 | Aomori | Hirosaki | 1611 | Tsugaru Tamenobu Tsugaru Nobuhira | |
Ne Castle 根城 | Aomori | Hachinohe | 1334 | Moroyuki Nanbu | ![]() |
Morioka Castle 盛岡城 | Iwate | Morioka | 1598 | Nanbu Nobunao | ![]() |
Sendai Castle 仙台城 | Miyagi | Sendai | 1601 | Date Masamune | ![]() |
Taga Fort 多賀城 | Miyagi | Tagajō | 724 | Ōno no Azumabito | ![]() |
Kubota Castle 久保田城 | Akita | Akita | 1604 | Satake Yoshinobu | ![]() |
Yamagata Castle 山形城 | Yamagata | Yamagata | 1356 | Shiba Kaneyori | ![]() |
Nihonmatsu Castle 二本松城 | Fukushima | Nihonmatsu | Muromachi period | Hatakeyama Mitsuyasu | ![]() |
Aizuwakamatsu Castle 会津若松城 | Fukushima | Aizuwakamatsu | 1384 | Ashina Naomori | ![]() |
Komine Castle 小峰城 | Fukushima | Shirakawa | 1340 | Yūki Chikatomo | ![]() |
Kantō region
Nama | Prefecture | City | Year completed | Built by | Photo |
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Mito Castle 水戸城 | Ibaraki | Mito | 1198 | Baba Sukemoto | ![]() |
Banna-ji 鑁阿寺 | Tochigi | Ashikaga | 1196 | Minamoto no Yoshiyasu | |
Minowa Castle 箕輪城 | Gunma | Takasaki | 1512 | Nagano Narihisa | ![]() |
Kanayama Castle 金山城 | Gunma | Ōta | 1469 | Iwamatsu Iezumi | |
Hachigata Castle 鉢形城 | Saitama | Yorii | 1476 | Nagao Kageharu | |
Kawagoe Castle 川越城 | Saitama | Kawagoe | 1457 | Uesugi Mochitomo | ![]() |
Sakura Castle 佐倉城 | Chiba | Sakura | Tenbun era | Kashima Chikamiki | |
Edo Castle 江戸城 | Tokyo | Chiyoda | 1457 | Ōta Dōkan | ![]() |
Hachiōji Castle 八王子城 | Tokyo | Hachiōji | 1587 | Hōjō Ujiteru | |
Odawara Castle 小田原城 | Kanagawa | Odawara | 1633 | Ōmori Yoriharu | ![]() |
Tsutsujigasaki Castle 躑躅ヶ崎館 | Yamanashi | Kōfu | 1519 | Takeda Nobutora | ![]() |
Kōfu Castle 甲府城 | Yamanashi | Kōfu | 1583 | Tokugawa Ieyasu | |
Matsushiro Castle 松代城 | Nagano | Nagano | 1560 | Takeda Shingen | ![]() |
Ueda Castle 上田城 | Nagano | Ueda | 1583 | Sanada Masayuki | |
Komoro Castle 小諸城 | Nagano | Komoro | 1554 | Takeda Shingen | ![]() |
Matsumoto Castle 松本城 | Nagano | Matsumoto | 1504 | Shimadachi Sadanaga | ![]() |
Takatō Castle 高遠城 | Nagano | Matsumoto | ? | ? | |
Shibata Castle 新発田城 | Niigata | Shibata | 1654? | Shibata clan? | |
Kasugayama Castle 春日山城 | Niigata | Jōetsu | Nanboku-chō period | Nagao clan Uesugi clan | ![]() |
Chūbu region
Nama | Prefecture | City | Year completed | Built by | Photo |
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Takaoka Castle 高岡城 | Toyama | Takaoka | 1609 | Maeda Toshinaga | ![]() |
Nanao Castle 七尾城 | Ishikawa | Nanao | 1429 | Hatakeyama Mitsunori | |
Kanazawa Castle 金沢城 | Ishikawa | Kanazawa | 1580 | Sakuma Morimasa | ![]() |
Maruoka Castle 丸岡城 | Fukui | Sakai | 1576 | Shibata Katsutoyo | ![]() |
Echizen Ōno Castle 大野城 | Fukui | Ōnojō | 665 | ? | ![]() |
Ichijōdani Castle 一乗谷城 | Fukui | Fukui | Nanboku-chō period | Asakura clan | ![]() |
Iwamura Castle 岩村城 | Gifu | Ena | 1221 | Tōyama Kagetomo | ![]() |
Gifu Castle 岐阜城 | Gifu | Gifu | 1201 | Nikaidō Yukimasa | ![]() |
Yamanaka Castle 山中城 | Shizuoka | Mishima | 1570 | Hōjō Ujiyasu | |
Sunpu Castle 駿府城 | Shizuoka | Shizuoka | 1585 | Tokugawa Ieyasu | ![]() |
Kakegawa Castle 掛川城 | Shizuoka | Kakegawa | 1487 | Asahina Yasuhiro | |
Inuyama Castle 犬山城 | Aichi | Inuyama | 1469 | Oda Hirochika | |
Nagoya Castle 名古屋城 | Aichi | Nagoya | 1609 | Tokugawa Ieyasu | |
Okazaki Castle 岡崎城 | Aichi | Okazaki | 1452? | Saigō clan | |
Nagashino Castle 長篠城 | Aichi | Shinshiro | 1508 | Suganuma Motonari | ![]() |
Iga Ueno Castle 伊賀上野城 | Mie | Iga | 1585 | Tsutsui Sadatsugu | ![]() |
Matsusaka Castle 松阪城 | Mie | Matsusaka | 1588 | Gamō Ujisato | ![]() |
Kansai region
Nama | Prefecture | City | Year completed | Built by | Photo |
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Odani Castle 小谷城 | Shiga | Kohoku | 1516 | Azai Sukemasa | ![]() |
Hikone Castle 彦根城 | Shiga | Hikone | 1622 | Ii Naokatsu | ![]() |
Azuchi Castle 安土城 | Shiga | Ōmihachiman | 1576 | Oda Nobunaga | ![]() |
Kannonji Castle 観音寺城 | Shiga | Ōmihachiman | 1487 | Rokkaku Ujiyori | ![]() |
Nijō Castle 二条城 | Kyoto | Kyoto | 1603 | Tokugawa Ieyasu | ![]() |
Osaka Castle 大坂城 | Osaka | Osaka | 1583 | Toyotomi Hideyoshi | ![]() |
Chihaya Castle 千早城 | Osaka | Chihayaakasaka | 1332 | Kusunoki Masashige | ![]() |
Takeda Castle 竹田城 | Hyōgo | Asago | 1431 | Yamana Sōzen | |
Sasayama Castle 篠山城 | Hyōgo | Sasayama | 1609 | Tokugawa Ieyasu | ![]() |
Akashi Castle 明石城 | Hyōgo | Akashi | 1618 | Ogasawara Tadazane | ![]() |
Himeji Castle 姫路城 | Hyōgo | Himeji | 1346 | Akamatsu Sadanori | ![]() |
Akō Castle 赤穂城 | Hyōgo | Akō | 1483 | Oka Mitsuhiro | ![]() |
Takatori Castle 高取城 | Nara | Takatori | 1332 | Ochi Kunizumi | |
Wakayama Castle 和歌山城 | Wakayama | Wakayama | 1586 | Toyotomi Hidenaga | ![]() |
Chūgoku region
Nama | Prefecture | City | Year completed | Built by | Photo |
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Tottori Castle 鳥取城 | Tottori | Tottori | 1555 | Yamana clan | ![]() |
Matsue Castle 松江城 | Shimane | Matsue | 1611 | Horio Tadauji | ![]() |
Gassantoda Castle 月山富田城 | Shimane | Yasugi | 1185? | Sasaki Yoshikiyo? | |
Tsuwano Castle 津和野城 | Shimane | Tsuwano | 1295 | Yoshimi Yoriyuki | |
Tsuyama Castle 津山城 | Okayama | Tsuyama | 1444 | Yamashina Tadamasa | ![]() |
Bitchū Matsuyama Castle 備中松山城 | Okayama | Takahashi | 1240 | Akiba Shigenobu | |
Ki castle 鬼ノ城 | Okayama | Sōja | 7C? | Yamato court? | ![]() |
Okayama Castle 岡山城 | Okayama | Okayama | 1369 | Uwagami Takanao | ![]() |
Fukuyama Castle 福山城 | Hiroshima | Fukuyama | 1622 | Mizuno Katsunari | ![]() |
Yoshida-Kōriyama Castle 吉田郡山城 | Hiroshima | Akitakata | 1336 | Mōri Tokichika | ![]() |
Hiroshima Castle 広島城 | Hiroshima | Hiroshima | 1589 | Mōri Terumoto | |
Iwakuni Castle 岩国城 | Yamaguchi | Iwakuni | 1601 | Kikkawa Hiroie | ![]() |
Hagi Castle 萩城 | Yamaguchi | Hagi | 1604 | Mōri Terumoto | ![]() |
Shikoku region
Nama | Prefecture | City | Year completed | Built by | Photo |
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Tokushima Castle 徳島城 | Tokushima | Tokushima | 1585 | Hachisuka Iemasa | ![]() |
Takamatsu Castle 高松城 | Kagawa | Takamatsu | 1590 | Ikoma Chikamasa | ![]() |
Marugame Castle 丸亀城 | Kagawa | Marugame | Muromachi period | Nara Motoyasu | ![]() |
Imabari Castle 今治城 | Ehime | Imabari | 1602 | Tōdō Takatora | ![]() |
Matsuyama Castle 松山城 | Ehime | Matsuyama | 1602 | Katō Yoshiaki | |
Yuzuki Castle 湯築城 | Ehime | Matsuyama | 14C | Kōno clan | |
Ōzu Castle 大洲城 | Ehime | Ōzu | 1331 | Utsunomiya Toyofusa | ![]() |
Uwajima Castle 宇和島城 | Ehime | Uwajima | 1586 | Tachibana no Tōyasu | |
Kōchi Castle 高知城 | Kōchi | Kōchi | 1603 | Yamauchi Kazutoyo |
Kyūshū region
Nama | Prefecture | City | Year completed | Built by | Photo |
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Fukuoka Castle 福岡城 | Fukuoka | Fukuoka | 1601 | Kuroda Nagamasa | ![]() |
Mizuki Castle 水城 | Fukuoka | Kasuga, Fukuoka | 664 | ? | ![]() |
Nagoya Castle 名護屋城 | Saga | Karatsu | 1591 | Toyotomi Hideyoshi | ![]() |
Yoshinogari site 吉野ヶ里遺跡 | Saga | Yoshinogari Kanzaki | Yayoi period | ? | ![]() |
Saga Castle 佐賀城 | Saga | Saga | 1602 | Nabeshima clan | ![]() |
Hirado Castle 平戸城 | Nagasaki | Hirado | 1599 | Matsura Shigenobu | ![]() |
Shimabara Castle 島原城 | Nagasaki | Shimabara | 1624 | Matsukura Shigemasa | ![]() |
Kumamoto Castle 熊本城 | Kumamoto | Kumamoto | 1467 | Ideta Hidenobu | ![]() |
Hitoyoshi Castle 人吉城 | Kumamoto | Hitoyoshi | Genkyū era | Sagara Nagayori | |
Funai Castle 府内城 | Ōita | Ōita | 1597 | Fukuhara Nagataka | ![]() |
Oka Castle 岡城 (豊後国) | Ōita | Taketa | 1185 | Ogata Koreyoshi | ![]() |
Obi Castle 飫肥城 | Miyazaki | Nichinan | Sengoku period | Tsuchimochi clan | ![]() |
Kagoshima Castle 鹿児島城 | Kagoshima | Kagoshima | 1602 | Shimazu Iehisa | ![]() |
Nakijin Castle 今帰仁城 | Okinawa | Nakijin | 13C? | Haniji? | ![]() |
Nakagusuku Castle 中城城 | Okinawa | Kitanakagusuku | 1440 | Gosamaru | ![]() |
Shuri Castle 首里城 | Okinawa | Naha | 14C? | King of Chūzan | ![]() |
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