Hilltop

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Hilltop Castles / 平山城

This is a subtype of Castle Type

Hilltop Castles are probably the ideal castle type, in my opinion. If there is a suitable hill or small mountain to build a castle on it allows the lord the ability to take advantage of the difference in elevation and natural features of the land to create defenses, as well as the ability to double up with the extensive moats of a Flatland Castles. The much more accessible site provides the lord with a more suitable location for administration and the ability to develop a castle town surrounding the castle, which itself can act as a defensive perimeter. Iyo Matsuyama Castle and Himeji Castle are two exemplary original castles which display all these features. The Hilltop Castle is also known for reforming the land and carving the hill to meet the purposes of the castle, much more significantly than a Mountaintop Castle likely would have.

Castles with Hilltop Castles
  1. Aizu Wakamatsu Castle
  2. Akagi Kita Castle
  3. Akagi Minami Castle
  4. Akashi Castle
  5. Akasu Castle (Ina)
  6. Akatsuka Castle
  7. Aki Castle
  8. Annaka Castle
  9. Aoyama Castle (Omi)
  10. Ara Castle (Ina)
  11. Aragaito Fort
  12. Araino Castle (Mikawa)
  13. Asukayama Castle
  14. Awazawa Castle (Suwa)
  15. Azuchi Castle
  16. Chiba Castle
  17. Chigasaki Castle
  18. Chiran Castle
  19. Choujayama Castle
  20. Doudo Castle (Mikawa)
  21. Edo Castle
  22. Fubukikaito Castle (Ina)
  23. Fujihashi Castle (Tokyo)
  24. Fujita Castle
  25. Fukuchiyama Castle
  26. Fukuoka Castle
  27. Fukuyama Castle
  28. Fukuyo Castle
  29. Funehiki Castle
  30. Furukawa Castle
  31. Furumiya Castle
  32. Goi Castle (Mikawa)
  33. Haba Castle
  34. Habako Castle
  35. Hachigata Castle
  36. Hachinohe Castle
  37. Hakoyanagi Castle
  38. Hamamatsu Castle
  39. Hanamaki Castle
  40. Hanaoka Castle (Suwa)
  41. Hanawa Castle
  42. Harano Castle (Suwa)
  43. Haranomoto Castle
  44. Hattori Castle (Koka)
  45. Higashi Maruoka Castle (Koka)
  46. Higuchiuchi Castle (Ina)
  47. Hikone Castle
  48. Hikuma Castle
  49. Himeji Castle
  50. Hino Castle
  51. Hinode Castle
  52. Hirado Castle
  53. Hirai Castle
  54. Hiratsuka Castle
  55. Hirosaki Castle
  56. Hitoyoshi Castle
  57. Hizen Nagoya Castle
  58. Hokkyu Jin'ya
  59. Iga Ueno Castle
  60. Iida Castle
  61. Iino Taira Castle
  62. Iiyama Castle
  63. Ikeda Castle
  64. Imai Castle
  65. Imai Fort
  66. Imoto Castle (Omi)
  67. Inamura Castle (Ina)
  68. Inamurafuru Castle
  69. Inatsuke Castle
  70. Inawashiro Castle
  71. Innoshima Suigun Castle
  72. Inuinofuru Castle
  73. Inuyama Castle
  74. Ishida Castle (Mikawa)
  75. Ishigami Castle
  76. Ishinomaki Castle
  77. Isshiki Castle (Suruga)
  78. Itabashi Castle
  79. Itoigawa Jinya
  80. Itokazu Castle
  81. Itousakaue Fort
  82. Iwabuchi Castle (Aida)
  83. Iwaki Taira Castle
  84. Iwasaki Castle
  85. Iwasaki Castle (Mutsu)
  86. Iwasaki Yakata
  87. Iwazu Ino Castle
  88. Iwazushin Castle
  89. Iyo Matsuyama Castle
  90. Izu Nagahama Castle
  91. Izuki Jin'ya
  92. Izushi Castle
  93. Jindaiji Castle
  94. Jizen Castle (Koka)
  95. Joumura Castle (Ina)
  96. Joumurafuru Castle
  97. Jounoue Fort
  98. Kadone Castle (Omi)
  99. Kajiya Castle
  100. Kake Castle (Hazu)
  101. Kakegawa Castle
  102. Kakinohana Castle
  103. Kakutsugawa Castle
  104. Kamei Castle
  105. Kameyama Battery
  106. Kameyama Castle
  107. Kameyama Castle (Azumi)
  108. Kameyama Castle (Mikawa)
  109. Kamihiraideko Castle (Ina)
  110. Kamijima Castle (Ina)
  111. Kamimakifuru Castle
  112. Kaminogou Castle
  113. Kaminoyama Castle
  114. Kamioka Castle
  115. Kanazawa Castle
  116. Karatsu Castle
  117. Kariya Castle
  118. Kasashima Castle
  119. Kashiwara Castle
  120. Kasuga Castle (Ina)
  121. Katahara Castle (Mikawa)
  122. Katakura Castle
  123. Katsumoto Castle
  124. Katsuura Castle
  125. Katsuyama Castle (Yatsushiro)
  126. Kawahara Castle
  127. Kawashima Castle
  128. Kiga Jin'ya
  129. Kitano Castle (Ina)
  130. Kitsuki Castle
  131. Kitsune Castle (Azumi)
  132. Kiyomizu Castle (Ina)
  133. Kochi Castle
  134. Kofu Castle
  135. Kogane Castle
  136. Koide Castle (Ina)
  137. Kokokuji Castle
  138. Komesu Castle
  139. Komoro Castle
  140. Konodai Castle
  141. Koromo Castle
  142. Koyama Castle
  143. Koyama Castle (Kai)
  144. Kozukue Castle
  145. Kubota Castle
  146. Kumamoto Castle
  147. Kuno Castle
  148. Kunohe Castle
  149. Kuraji Castle (Koka)
  150. Kurata Castle (Ina)
  151. Kurume Castle
  152. Kushima Castle
  153. Kushizaki Castle
  154. Machimura Fort
  155. Maeda Battery
  156. Mamushizuka Castle
  157. Marugame Castle
  158. Marune Castle
  159. Maruoka Castle
  160. Maruoka Castle (Koka)
  161. Maruyama Castle (Ina)
  162. Maruyama Fort (Kai)
  163. Masugata Castle (Suwa)
  164. Masujima Castle
  165. Masuo Castle
  166. Matsue Castle
  167. Matsuo Castle (Ina)
  168. Matsusaka Castle
  169. Matsushima Castle (Ina)
  170. Matsuyama Castle (Saitama)
  171. Mayamahigashi Castle
  172. Mibuno Castle (Iga)
  173. Mikawa Castle
  174. Miki Castle
  175. Minami Kumai Castle
  176. Minami Sakaide Castle
  177. Minamiohshio Castle (Suwa)
  178. Minebata Castle
  179. Minokubi Castle
  180. Minowa Castle
  181. Minowa Castle (Ina)
  182. Minton Castle
  183. Misonoko Castle
  184. Mito Castle
  185. Miyao Castle
  186. Mogusa Castle
  187. Momochi Tamba Castle
  188. Morioka Castle
  189. Moriyama Castle (Owari)
  190. Moroto Castle
  191. Motojuku Jin'ya
  192. Motosakura Castle
  193. Mukade Castle
  194. Murakami Castle
  195. Muraoka Castle (Ina)
  196. Murasame Castle (Koka)
  197. Muro Castle
  198. Myokenji Castle
  199. Nabeyama Castle (Nagato)
  200. Nagao Castle (Azumi)
  201. Nagasakaue Fort
  202. Nagasawa Castle
  203. Nagasawa Jin'ya
  204. Nagasawa Kannondou Castle
  205. Najima Castle
  206. Naka Castle
  207. Nakagome Castle (Ina)
  208. Nakamaki Castle
  209. Nakamura Castle
  210. Nakao Castle (Kai)
  211. Nakasai Castle
  212. Nakayama Castle (Suwa)
  213. Namazue Castle
  214. Nanzan Castle
  215. Narumi Castle
  216. Ninomiya Castle (Musashi)
  217. Nishinohara Fort
  218. Nitchu Castle
  219. Nobeoka Castle
  220. Nouken Castle
  221. Nouken Dousaka Fort
  222. Nouken Nishi Fort
  223. Oba Castle
  224. Obi Castle
  225. Odaka Castle
  226. Odano Castle
  227. Odawara Castle
  228. Ogawa Castle
  229. Ogura Castle (Omi)
  230. Ogurayama Castle
  231. Ogurayamagami Castle
  232. Oguro Castle (Ina)
  233. Oh'ide Castle
  234. Oh'idefuru Castle
  235. Ohguma Castle
  236. Ohhata Castle (Mikawa)
  237. Ohkubo Castle (Ina)
  238. Ohno Castle (Owari)
  239. Ohtaki Castle (Mikawa)
  240. Ohtawara Castle
  241. Ohtsubo Fort
  242. Ohtsubono Fort
  243. Ohtsuka Moated Settlement
  244. Oike Fort
  245. Ojima Castle (Mikawa)
  246. Okami Castle
  247. Okaya Castle (Suwa)
  248. Okayama Castle
  249. Okazaki Castle
  250. Okishi Castle III (Koka)
  251. Okiyama Fort
  252. Okkoshi Castle
  253. Okkoto Jinjou
  254. Omi Hachiman Castle
  255. Omotegi Castle (Ina)
  256. Osaka Castle (Ibaraki)
  257. Osakabe Castle
  258. Otaki Castle
  259. Otowa Castle
  260. Ozu Castle
  261. Saiki Castle
  262. Sakasai Castle
  263. Sakata Castle
  264. Sakata Castle (Chikuzen)
  265. Sakura Castle
  266. Sakurabora Castle
  267. Sakurazakaue Fort
  268. Sano Castle
  269. Sasayama Castle
  270. Seirin Fort
  271. Seiryuin
  272. Sekinomori Castle
  273. Senpuku Castle
  274. Shichinohe Castle
  275. Shimomakifuru Castle
  276. Shimono Castle (Ina)
  277. Shimoyama Castle (Koka)
  278. Shimoyama Kita Castle (Koka)
  279. Shimura Castle
  280. Shingu Castle
  281. Shingu Castle (Koka)
  282. Shingushi Castle (Koka)
  283. Shinpu Castle
  284. Shinshiro Castle
  285. Shirakawa Castle
  286. Shiroishi Castle
  287. Shoumanji Fort
  288. Shuri Castle
  289. Sokura Castle (Ina)
  290. Sone Castle (Omi)
  291. Sonobe Castle
  292. Souma Nakamura Castle
  293. Suemori Castle
  294. Suganuma Castle (Ina)
  295. Sugiyama Castle
  296. Sumoto Castle
  297. Suzuoka Castle (Ina)
  298. Taga Castle
  299. Takada Castle (Ina)
  300. Takagifuru Castle
  301. Takagiuchi Castle
  302. Takai Castle
  303. Takamifuru Castle
  304. Takashimako Castle
  305. Takato Castle
  306. Takayama Castle (Hida)
  307. Takayashikidate
  308. Takenaka Castle (Koka)
  309. Tamagusuku Castle
  310. Tamaru Castle
  311. Tanagi Castle (Ina)
  312. Tanba Kameyama Castle
  313. Tange Fort
  314. Tateyama Castle
  315. Tatsugoyama Castle
  316. Tekozuka Castle
  317. Tenjin'yama Castle
  318. Tenpaku Castle (Ina)
  319. Terabe Castle (Hazu)
  320. To-no-oka
  321. Toba Castle
  322. Tobiyama Castle
  323. Tojo Castle
  324. Tokoname Castle
  325. Tokushima Castle
  326. Tomioka Castle
  327. Tonojima Castle
  328. Toride Fort
  329. Torinji Castle
  330. Toro Castle (Mikawa)
  331. Toujou Fort
  332. Toyooka Castle
  333. Tsuchiyama Castle (Koka)
  334. Tsukie Fort
  335. Tsukikuma Castle
  336. Tsuyama Castle
  337. Tsuyama Castle (Koka)
  338. Uchi Castle (Ina)
  339. Uchikoshi Castle (Koka)
  340. Ueno Castle (Koka)
  341. Uenotaira Castle
  342. Urado Castle
  343. Urasoe Castle
  344. Urizura Castle
  345. Ushigome Castle
  346. Ushiku Castle
  347. Ushiku Jinya
  348. Usui Castle
  349. Usuida Shukuuchi Fort
  350. Usuki Castle
  351. Uwajima Castle
  352. Wakayama Castle
  353. Yakushidou Castle (Ina)
  354. Yamada Castle
  355. Yamagami Castle
  356. Yamazaki Castle (Saitama)
  357. Yanagizakaue Fort
  358. Yasuoka Castle (Ina)
  359. Yokosuka Castle
  360. Yokote Castle
  361. Yonago Castle
  362. Yoshida Castle (Hitachi)
  363. Yoshioka Castle (Ina)
  364. Yuhigaoka Castle
  365. Zen Castle
  366. Zenshoji Fort
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