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Historic site: National historic site
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Condition
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Original
: has an original tenshu
Reconstructed
: has a reconstructed tenshu
Other Buildings
: no tenshu, but other buildings either original or reconstructed
Ruins
: no buildings remain
Other Buildings
(7)
Reconstructed
(6)
Ruins
(7)
Castle Type
Flatland
(4)
Hilltop
(9)
Mountaintop
(7)
Destination
Fukushima
(1)
Hiroshima
(3)
Hokkaido
(1)
Kyoto Osaka
(4)
Kyushu
(2)
Matsumoto
(2)
Nagoya
(1)
Okinawa
(3)
Shikoku
(1)
Tokyo
(2)
Historical Value
Top 100 Listed
(16)
has Important Cultural Property
(5)
UNESCO World Heritage Site
(3)
Historical Period
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Edo Period
: castles under control of the Tokugawa government or those that lasted until the Meiji Restoration. Edo Period castles tend to be larger with more fortifications and reflect the peak of castle engineering.
Pre Edo Period
: castles whose lifespan ended before or during the early Edo Period. In the Edo Period there was a law of one castle per country so many were destroyed at this time. They also fall into this category.
Edo Period
(14)
Pre Edo Period
(6)
Prefecture
Fukuoka
(1)
Fukushima
(1)
Hiroshima
(1)
Hokkaido
(1)
Hyogo
(2)
Kagawa
(1)
Kanagawa
(1)
Kumamoto
(1)
Mie
(1)
Nagano
(2)
Okinawa
(3)
Shiga
(1)
Shimane
(1)
Tochigi
(1)
Wakayama
(1)
Yamaguchi
(1)
Year Visited
1996
(1)
1997
(1)
1998
(1)
1999
(1)
2003
(1)
2008
(2)
2009
(3)
2010
(1)
Viewer Donated
(13)
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1.
Aizu Wakamatsu Castle
Condition
: Reconstructed
Castle Type
: Hilltop
Prefecture
: Fukushima
Historical Site
: National Historic Site
Historical Value
: Top 100
Rating
: ★ ★ ★
Visited
: 2003
2.
Akashi Castle
Condition
: Other Buildings
Castle Type
: Hilltop
Prefecture
: Hyogo
Historical Site
: National Historic Site
Historical Value
: Top 100
Historical Value
: has Important Cultural Properties
Rating
: ★ ★ ★
Visited
: 2009
3.
Fukuoka Castle
Condition
: Other Buildings
Castle Type
: Hilltop
Prefecture
: Fukuoka
Historical Site
: National Historic Site
Historical Value
: Top 100
Historical Value
: has Important Cultural Properties
Rating
: ★ ★ ★
Visited
: Viewer Donated
4.
Hagi Castle
Condition
: Ruins
Castle Type
: Mountaintop
Prefecture
: Yamaguchi
Historical Site
: National Historic Site
Historical Value
: Top 100
Rating
: ★ ★ ★
Visited
: Viewer Donated
5.
Hiroshima Castle
Condition
: Reconstructed
Castle Type
: Flatland
Prefecture
: Hiroshima
Historical Site
: National Historic Site
Historical Value
: Top 100
Rating
: ★ ★ ★
Visited
: 1996
6.
Iga Ueno Castle
Condition
: Reconstructed
Castle Type
: Hilltop
Prefecture
: Mie
Historical Site
: National Historic Site
Historical Value
: Top 100
Rating
: ★ ★ ★
Visited
: Viewer Donated
7.
Kannonji Castle
Condition
: Ruins
Castle Type
: Mountaintop
Prefecture
: Shiga
Historical Site
: National Historic Site
Historical Value
: Top 100
Rating
: ★ ★ ★
Visited
: Viewer Donated
8.
Katsuren Castle
Condition
: Ruins
Castle Type
: Mountaintop
Prefecture
: Okinawa
Historical Site
: National Historic Site
Historical Value
: UNESCO World Heritage
Rating
: ★ ★ ★
Visited
: Viewer Donated
9.
Kikuchi Castle
Condition
: Other Buildings
Castle Type
: Mountaintop
Prefecture
: Kumamoto
Historical Site
: National Historic Site
Rating
: ★ ★ ★
Visited
: Viewer Donated
10.
Matsumae Castle
Condition
: Reconstructed
Castle Type
: Flatland
Prefecture
: Hokkaido
Historical Site
: National Historic Site
Historical Value
: Top 100
Historical Value
: has Important Cultural Properties
Rating
: ★ ★ ★
Visited
: Viewer Donated
11.
Matsushiro Castle
Condition
: Other Buildings
Castle Type
: Flatland
Prefecture
: Nagano
Historical Site
: National Historic Site
Historical Value
: Top 100
Rating
: ★ ★ ★
Visited
: 2008
12.
Nakagusuku Castle
Condition
: Ruins
Castle Type
: Mountaintop
Prefecture
: Okinawa
Historical Site
: National Historic Site
Historical Value
: Top 100
Historical Value
: UNESCO World Heritage
Rating
: ★ ★ ★
Visited
: Viewer Donated
13.
Odawara Castle
Condition
: Reconstructed
Castle Type
: Hilltop
Prefecture
: Kanagawa
Historical Site
: National Historic Site
Historical Value
: Top 100
Rating
: ★ ★ ★
Visited
: 2010
14.
Sasayama Castle
Condition
: Other Buildings
Castle Type
: Hilltop
Prefecture
: Hyogo
Historical Site
: National Historic Site
Historical Value
: Top 100
Rating
: ★ ★ ★
Visited
: Viewer Donated
15.
Takamatsu Castle
Condition
: Other Buildings
Castle Type
: Flatland
Prefecture
: Kagawa
Historical Site
: National Historic Site
Historical Value
: Top 100
Historical Value
: has Important Cultural Properties
Rating
: ★ ★ ★
Visited
: Viewer Donated
16.
Takato Castle
Condition
: Other Buildings
Castle Type
: Hilltop
Prefecture
: Nagano
Historical Site
: National Historic Site
Historical Value
: Top 100
Rating
: ★ ★ ★
Visited
: 2009
17.
Tobiyama Castle
Condition
: Ruins
Castle Type
: Hilltop
Prefecture
: Tochigi
Historical Site
: National Historic Site
Rating
: ★ ★ ★
Visited
: 2008
18.
Tsuwano Castle
Condition
: Ruins
Castle Type
: Mountaintop
Prefecture
: Shimane
Historical Site
: National Historic Site
Historical Value
: Top 100
Rating
: ★ ★ ★
Visited
: Viewer Donated
19.
Wakayama Castle
Condition
: Reconstructed
Castle Type
: Hilltop
Prefecture
: Wakayama
Historical Site
: National Historic Site
Historical Value
: Top 100
Historical Value
: has Important Cultural Properties
Rating
: ★ ★ ★
Visited
: Viewer Donated
20.
Zakimi Castle
Condition
: Ruins
Castle Type
: Mountaintop
Prefecture
: Okinawa
Historical Site
: National Historic Site
Historical Value
: UNESCO World Heritage
Rating
: ★ ★ ★
Visited
: Viewer Donated
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