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.
Contents
1 Hokkaidō
2 Tōhoku region
3 Kantō region
4 Chūbu region
5 Kansai region
6 Chūgoku region
7 Shikoku region
8 Kyūshū region
9 See also
10 Notes
11 External links
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 |
See also
- List of castles in Japan
- List of National Treasures of Japan (castles)
Notes
External links
Media related to 100 Fine Castles of Japan at Wikimedia Commons
- Japan Castle Foundation