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Aimiyamamonomi FortAizu Odayama CastleAizu Wakamatsu CastleAkagi Kita CastleAkagi Minami CastleAkagi YakataAkashi CastleAkatsuka CastleAkechi Osayama CastleAki CastleAkiba FortAkita CastleAkizuki CastleAkizuki Domain South Detached PalaceAko CastleAkozu CastleAkutagawasan CastleAmagajoAmagasaki CastleAmetoya CastleAnnaka CastleAnrakuji YakataAnsho CastleAoyagi CastleAoyagi YakataAoyama CastleAragaito FortArai CastleArako CastleArashi CastleArato CastleAratoshou CastleArayama CastleArikoyama CastleAruga CastleAsaba CastleAsahara YakataAsahiyama CastleAsama PalaceAsama YakataAshigara CastleAshikagashi YakataAsonuma CastleAsukayama CastleAsuke CastleAya CastleAzuchi CastleAzumi Aoki CastleAzumi Furumaya CastleAzumi Futatsugi CastleAzumi Iwahara CastleAzumi Kameyama CastleAzumi Kibune CastleAzumi Kitsune CastleAzumi Mondo CastleAzumi Nagao CastleAzumi Nishimaki CastleAzumi Nishiyama CastleAzumi Ogiwara CastleAzumi Ogura CastleAzumi Oshino CastleAzumi Shibutami CastleAzumi Takisawa CastleAzumi Tanoiri CastleAzumi Taya CastleAzumi Uzuhashi CastleBaba YashikiBingo Kouyama CastleBitchu Matsuyama CastleBitchu Takamatsu CastleBusetsu CastleChausudateChiba CastleChigasaki CastleChihaya CastleChiisagata Kemi CastleChiisagata Komaki CastleChiisagata Komakikamino CastleChiisagata Nakano CastleChiisagata Nakao CastleChiisagata Nishiyama CastleChiisagata Shirayama CastleChiisagata Yashima CastleChikatou FortChikuma Asada CastleChikuma Asahi CastleChikuma Asaka CastleChikuma Awaji CastleChikuma Chausuyama CastleChikuma Gotenyama CastleChikuma Higashijou CastleChikuma Hime CastleChikuma Kakiage CastleChikuma Kattori CastleChikuma Kemi CastleChikuma Koshikou CastleChikuma Koya CastleChikuma Kushiki CastleChikuma Moto CastleChikuma Motoyama CastleChikuma Narukami CastleChikuma Nishijou CastleChikuma Osaka CastleChikuma Saburouhora CastleChikuma Samine CastleChikuma Saruga CastleChikuma Sasaga CastleChikuma Sasano CastleChikuma Sasazawa CastleChikuma Takasu CastleChikuma Takayama CastleChikuma Takeda CastleChikuma Tazawa CastleChikuma Uchi CastleChikuma Ueda CastleChikuma Uenoyama CastleChikuma Wada CastleChikuma Yagura CastleChikuma Yamazaki FortChikuzen Fukutake CastleChikuzen Sakata CastleChimura YashikiChiran CastleChofuku CastleChoujayama CastleChoujayashiki YakataChoushouin YakataChouzenjimae JinyaDainenji YakataDannoura BatteryDeura CastleDokanyamaEchi Aoyama CastleEchi Hatada CastleEchi Hida CastleEchi Hirai CastleEchi Imoto CastleEchi Kamigishimoto CastleEchi Katsushima CastleEchi Kitabodaiji CastleEchi Nakato CastleEchi Ogura CastleEchi Shimozato CastleEchi Sone CastleEchi Takano CastleEchi Touendou CastleEchi Yamori CastleEchigo Fukushima CastleEchigo Kanayama CastleEchigo Katsuyama CastleEchigo Kiyosaki CastleEchigo Matsudai CastleEchizen Katsuyama CastleEchizen Ohno CastleEdo CastleEgawa FortEma YakataEnryakujiEnryakuji Amidadou FortEnryakuji Higashitani FortEnryakuji Joudoin FortEnryakuji Kitatani FortEnryakuji Monjurou FortEnryakuji Nishitani FortEnryakuji Shakadou FortEtchuu Shinjou CastleFujihashi Castle (Tokyo)Fujita CastleFukakusa YakataFukazawa CastleFukuchiyama CastleFukui CastleFukuoka CastleFukuouji YakataFukushima CastleFukuyama CastleFukuyo CastleFukuzawa YakataFumimichi CastleFunai CastleFunaoka CastleFunaokayama CastleFunayama CastleFunehiki CastleFuruhata YakataFurujou YakataFurumaya YakataFuruwatari CastleFushimi CastleFutamata CastleFutatsubungonokami YakataFutoge CastleFutoh'yama CastleGakiyama NoroshidaiGamou Funaki CastleGamou Ikeda YakataGamou Isshiki CastleGamou Kitanoshou CastleGamou Kitatsuda CastleGamou Komori CastleGamou Kongouji CastleGamou Kounoshou CastleGamou Minamitsuda CastleGamou Osada CastleGamou Tsuda CastleGanjaku CastleGassan Toda CastleGifu CastleGion CastleGobara CastleGochaku CastleGokan CastleGomiGongen YakataGoryokaku FortGouda FortGujo Hachiman CastleHaba CastleHabauehori YashikiHachigata CastleHachikenchōja CastleHachinohe CastleHachioji CastleHaga CastleHagi CastleHagikura FortHaibara CastleHaiyama CastleHakusan CastleHamada CastleHamagawa CastleHamamatsu CastleHanakuma CastleHanamaki CastleHanawa CastleHanazawa YakataHanazono CastleHanazono Mitake CastleHaneo CastleHanishina Kan'onsaka CastleHanishina Motai CastleHanishina Takeyama CastleHanishina Terao CastleHaranomoto CastleHarima Hakusan CastleHasedo CastleHatakenaka YakataHatayama CastleHatsuzawa CastleHatta YashikiHayaotoshi CastleHayashikojo CastleHayashiohjo CastleHekirichi JinyaHida Kojima CastleHida Takayama CastleHieinoyama FortHikaru CastleHikobe YashikiHikone CastleHikuma CastleHimeji CastleHimuro YakataHirado CastleHirai CastleHirai Kanayama CastleHiraide Moated SettlementHirakura CastleHirase CastleHirase Kitano CastleHirase NoroshidaiHirase YakataHiratsuka CastleHirosaki CastleHiroshima CastleHisawa CastleHishakuyama CastleHitachi Takekuma CastleHitachi Yamagata CastleHitachi Yorii CastleHitachi Yoshida CastleHitoyoshi CastleHiyama CastleHizen Kashima CastleHizen Nagoya CastleHodarakuji CastleHojo Clan ResidenceHonjinzawabata FortHonshouji CastleHora YakataHorigane YakataHorigoe PalaceHorikoshi CastleHorinouchi YashikiHosogaya YakataHotaka YakataHotta no SakuHoushouji FortHouzouji YakataHyakusaiji CastleHyogo CastleIba CastleIba PalaceIbako CastleIbaraki CastleIbayama CastleIbikitagata CastleIbuka CastleIchigousan CastleIchijodani CastleIchijojiyama CastleIchikawa JinyaIchinomiya CastleIga Hijiyama CastleIga Mibuno CastleIga Ueno CastleIgawa CastleIida CastleIida FortIijima Jin'yaIinawa CastleIino Taira CastleIinuma CastleIiyama CastleIkeda CastleIkenoshiri YakataImabari CastleImai CastleImai FortImai Jin'yaIna Akasu CastleIna CastleIna Ichinodaira CastleIna Inamura CastleIna Joumura CastleIna Kamihiraideko CastleIna Kasuga CastleIna Kitano CastleIna Kiyomizu CastleIna Koide CastleIna Konishi CastleIna Korin CastleIna Kurata CastleIna Maruyama FortIna Matsuo CastleIna Matsushima CastleIna Minowa CastleIna Nagayama CastleIna Nakagome CastleIna Oguro CastleIna Ohkubo CastleIna Ohniwa CastleIna Omotegi CastleIna Ou CastleIna Ryuugasaki CastleIna Shimohiraideko CastleIna Shimono CastleIna Sokura CastleIna Suganuma CastleIna Suzuoka CastleIna Takada CastleIna Tanagi CastleIna Tanaka CastleIna Tenpaku CastleIna Wada CastleIna YashikiIna Yasuoka CastleIna Yokokawa CastleIna Yoshioka CastleInamurafuru CastleInaniwa CastleInatsuke CastleInawashiro CastleInnoshima Suigun CastleInoko YakataInuinofuru CastleInukai CastleInukai YakataInuyama CastleIoyama CastleIsawa CastleIsawa Jin'yaIshigakiyama Ichiya CastleIshigami CastleIsobe CastleItabashi CastleItami CastleItazuke Moated SettlementItoi Jin'yaItoigawa JinyaItokazu CastleItousakaue FortIwabitsu CastleIwade Danjou KyokanIwadono CastleIwaki Taira CastleIwakiri CastleIwakuni CastleIwamura CastleIwaoka YakataIwasaki CastleIwaseyama CastleIwatsuki CastleIwaya CastleIyo Matsuyama CastleIzaki CastleIzu Moriyama CastleIzu Nagahama CastleIzu Ohdairashin CastleIzuki Jin'yaIzumi Jin'yaIzumigashira CastleIzushi CastleJikouin YakataJinbagahara CastleJindaiji CastleJinguuji YakataJionji YakataJofukuji CastleJouhikage FortJoujou CastleJoukouin YakataJoumurafuru CastleJounoue FortJurakudaiJuuouzan FortKaesa CastleKaga Utasu CastleKagikakemonomi FortKagoshima CastleKai Baba YashikiKai Genji YakataKai Kouno YashikiKai Koyama CastleKai Nishikawa YashikiKai Ueno CastleKaibai CastleKaibara JinyaKaiden CastleKakegawa CastleKakunodate CastleKamaenohaka YakataKamagatake CastleKamaian YakataKameda CastleKamei CastleKameyama BatteryKameyama CastleKamimakifuru CastleKaminagahara CastleKaminoyama CastleKamioka CastleKamitohno CastleKamogatake CastleKanaiyama CastleKanao Yogaisan CastleKanayama CastleKanazawa CastleKanbara CastleKanbe CastleKanegasaki CastleKanegasaki Castle (Iwate)Kannonji CastleKano CastleKanzaki Amidadou CastleKanzaki Imamura CastleKanzaki Ishibayama CastleKanzaki Kakimi CastleKanzaki Kamagari CastleKanzaki Kawanami CastleKanzaki Kitasudayama CastleKanzaki Kokuryou CastleKanzaki Ogawa CastleKanzaki Shichiri YakataKanzaki Shimohiyoshi CastleKanzaki Shimura CastleKanzaki Suda YakataKanzaki Taikouji YakataKanzaki Tanemura CastleKanzaki Wada YakataKanzaki Wadayama CastleKanzaki Wadayamako CastleKanzaki Yabutsude CastleKanzaki Yamaji CastleKanzou YashikiKarakai CastleKarasaki CastleKarasawayama CastleKarasuyama CastleKaratsu CastleKariya CastleKasama CastleKasane CastleKasashima CastleKaseyama CastleKashiwabara PalaceKashiwara CastleKasugayama CastleKasumi CastleKatakura CastleKatsumoto CastleKatsunuma CastleKatsunumashi YakataKatsuren CastleKatsuura CastleKatsuyama Castle (Tsuru)Katsuyama PalaceKawagoe CastleKawahara CastleKawamura CastleKawanoe CastleKawasaki Shoujirou YakataKawashima CastleKawawada CastleKazama YakataKazurayama CastleKikkawa Motoharu YakataKikuchi CastleKinojoKirarazaka CastleKiridouzan NoroshidaiKirihara CastleKirihara YakataKisai CastleKishiwada CastleKiso DaikanshoKiso Fukushima CastleKiso Komaruyama CastleKiso Uenodan CastleKiso Yoshinaka YakataKisotono YashikiKita Kumai CastleKita Majino CastleKita Wakamiko CastleKitaaranami FortKitabatakeshi YakataKitanosho CastleKitatsumeno FortKitsuki CastleKitsuneyashiki YakataKiyosu CastleKobinata Oh'yashikiKochi CastleKofu CastleKogane CastleKoibuchi CastleKoide Ara CastleKoide Fubukikaito CastleKoide Kamijima CastleKoide Maruyama CastleKoide Muraoka CastleKoide Uchi CastleKoide Yakushidou CastleKoike FortKoiwatake CastleKokokuji CastleKokura CastleKokururi CastleKokuzousan NoroshidaiKomaki CastleKomakijou Ohte FortKomatsu CastleKomiyama YakataKomoro CastleKonodai CastleKonosumiyama CastleKoori Nishiyama CastleKoraku CastleKoriyama Castle (Hiroshima)Koromo CastleKoshibami CastleKoshigoe CastleKosobu YakataKouji YakataKouka Aoki CastleKouka Beffu CastleKouka Ichibajin'yama CastleKoumyouji YakataKounomine CastleKouzuke Hakota CastleKouzuke Ken CastleKouzuke Niiya CastleKouzuke Niwaya CastleKouzuke Tomioka CastleKouzuke Ueno CastleKouzuke Warabi CastleKoya YakataKoyama CastleKoyamura YashikiKozukue CastleKozutsumi CastleKubodera CastleKubota CastleKuboyashiki (Koka)Kuboyashikishi Castle (Koka)Kukuri CastleKuma CastleKumagura YakataKumamoto CastleKunaishoyu CastleKunohe CastleKunori YakataKunou CastleKurahone CastleKurita CastleKurita Kuboe CastleKurobane CastleKuroi CastleKurono CastleKuruma CastleKurume CastleKururi CastleKusamahizennokami YakataKushima CastleKushizaki CastleKutsukake CastleKutsukiizuminokami Jin'yaKutsukishuzen Jin'yaKuwabara CastleKuwagatahara NoroshidaiKuwana CastleKyotoshin CastleKyouraishi YashikiKyouraishiminbu YakataMachimura FortMachita YakataMaebashi CastleMaeda BatteryMagaribuchi YashikiMagome CastleMakabe CastleMakabe JinyaMamabe CastleManago CastleMariko CastleMarikoyama FortMarugame CastleMarune FortMaruoka CastleMaruyama YakataMasugatayama CastleMasujima CastleMasuo CastleMatsuda YakataMatsudaira CastleMatsudaira YakataMatsue CastleMatsugasaki Castle (Yamashiro)Matsuida CastleMatsukura CastleMatsumae CastleMatsumoto CastleMatsuo CastleMatsusaka CastleMatsushiro CastleMatsuyama Castle (Gunma)Matsuyama Castle (Saitama)Mayamahigashi CastleMeiseireijin FortMekada CastleMibu CastleMichibayashi FortMichikusa FortMie CastleMihara CastleMiharu CastleMikawa CastleMikawa Hime CastleMikawa Himega CastleMikawa Kaminogou CastleMikawa Oka CastleMikawa Terabe CastleMikawa Yamanaka CastleMiki CastleMinagawa CastleMinakuchi CastleMinakuchi Okayama CastleMinami Kumai CastleMinami Majino CastleMinami Sakaide CastleMinami Wakamiko CastleMinamoto no Tsunemoto YakataMinato CastleMinebata CastleMinegadou CastleMino Fukuzuka CastleMino Ikeda CastleMino Ima CastleMino Kaneyama CastleMinochi Aiki CastleMinochi Asahi CastleMinochi Hirabayashi CastleMinochi Katsurayama CastleMinochi Kirihara CastleMinochi Komazawa CastleMinochi Masugata CastleMinochi Nakazawa CastleMinochi Oshigane CastleMinochi Owaribe CastleMinochi Wada CastleMinochi Yomogidaira CastleMinokubi CastleMinowa CastleMisayama CastleMisonoko CastleMito CastleMiyahara CastleMiyao CastleMizuban CastleMizukiMizusawa CastleMogusa CastleMomochi Tamba CastleMomose Jin'yaMomose YashikiMorioka CastleMoriya CastleMoriyama CastleMoroto CastleMotohori YakataMotosakura CastleMotosu CastleMotoyama YakataMukaihaguroyama CastleMukaijima CastleMumo CastleMurakami Ara CastleMurakami CastleMurakami Hanagoya CastleMurakami Hime CastleMurakami Iizuna CastleMurakami Iwasaki CastleMurakami Kamei CastleMurakami Kashiwayama CastleMurakami Katsurao CastleMurakami Kemurino CastleMurakami Kokuzousan CastleMurakami Komaruyama FortMurakami Kongouji CastleMurakami Mochikoshi CastleMurakami Monomi CastleMurakami Takatsuya CastleMurakami Torikoya CastleMurakami Toyo CastleMurakami Tsubame CastleMurakami Tsumi CastleMurakami Ushibuse CastleMurakami Wagou CastleMurakami YakataMurakamishishima YakataMusashi Masugatayama CastleMusashi Tenjin'yama CastleMutsu Iwasaki CastleMutsu Kaneyama CastleMutsu Obama CastleMyougi CastleMyougiyama NoroshidaiMyoukenji CastleMyoukian YakataNabari JinyaNabebuta CastleNabekura CastleNabeyamajou FortNaegi CastleNagabayashi FortNagahama CastleNagahara CastleNagaikeyama FortNagakubo CastleNagaoka CastleNagasakaue FortNagase YakataNagashima CastleNagashino CastleNagato Aoyama CastleNagato Dohiyama CastleNagato Katsuyama CastleNagato Kouyama CastleNagato Nabeyama CastleNagaune FortNagisa CastleNagoya CastleNagurumi CastleNajima CastleNaka CastleNakagayahori YashikiNakagoshoshugo YakataNakagusuku CastleNakahara YakataNakajima FortNakamaki CastleNakamura CastleNakamura YakataNakano Jin'yaNakanojou Jin'yaNakao Castle (Yamashiro)Nakasai CastleNakata YashikiNakatou CastleNakatsu CastleNakayama FortNakayamaniyama FortNakijin CastleNamazue CastleNamioka CastleNanao CastleNanbata CastleNanokaichi Jin'yaNarai CastleNariai YakataNarisawa CastleNarumi CastleNasu Kanda CastleNata CastleNatsukawa CastleNatsumichi FortNe CastleNechi CastleNechi Kamijouyama CastleNechi Kuriyama CastleNegoya CastleNemuro Hanto Chashi Ato GunNezumiana CastleNezumiana YakataNihonmatsu CastleNiitakayama CastleNijo CastleNijo Castle (Tochigi)Nijoko CastleNirayama CastleNirayama DaikanshoNirekubo YakataNishijou CastleNishikata CastleNishina CastleNishio CastleNishiohhira Jin'yaNitchuu CastleNiwase CastleNobeoka CastleNochiseyama CastleNoguchi YakataNomura FortNomura YakataNumata CastleNyoigatake CastleNyuunomi CastleOba CastleObama CastleObara CastleObata CastleObata Jin'yaObi CastleObiki CastleObinata Samon YakataOda CastleOdaka CastleOdani CastleOdano CastleOdatsuno YakataOdawara CastleOdoiOdori CastleOdoriba FortOgaki CastleOgawa CastleOgawamatobaoka CastleOgimachi CastleOgoe CastleOguchi CastleOgura CastleOgurayama CastleOgurayamagami CastleOgyu CastleOh'eda CastleOh'ide CastleOh'idefuru CastleOh'ikemurayama CastleOh'uchi YakataOhdateOhga CastleOhguma CastleOhhara CastleOhkusa CastleOhmachi Kitahara YakataOhmachi Minamihara YakataOhmine CastleOhmiyahachiman YakataOhmori CastleOhmori DaikanshoOhmura YakataOhtaridaira YakataOhtawara CastleOhtsu CastleOhtsuma YakataOike FortOjima Jin'yaOka CastleOkada Chikayoshi YakataOkami CastleOkayama CastleOkayama JinjiroOkazaki CastleOkiyama FortOkkoshi CastleOko CastleOkusawa CastleOkushima YakataOmi CastleOmi Hachiman CastleOmi YakataOmifuru CastleOmono CastleOnabuchi CastleOniba CastleOnikuma YakataOnjouyama FortOno CastleOnotougemonomi FortOogo CastleOomizo CastleOri CastleOsaka CastleOsaka Castle (Ibaraki)Oshi CastleOtaki CastleOtaya YakataOwari Asahi CastleOwari Gakuden CastleOwari Haguro CastleOwari Moriyama CastleOwari Ogawa CastleOwari Ohno CastleOyobiki YakataOzo YashikiOzu CastleRenpou YashikiRikan CastleRyuugasaki YakataRyuusenji CastleSaga CastleSagami Sumiyoshi CastleSaiki CastleSaimyouji CastleSakaki Jin'yaSakakikitajou CastleSakamoto CastleSakasai CastleSakata Aoki CastleSakata CastleSakata Higuchi CastleSakata Kadone CastleSakata Kashiwabara CastleSakata Nagaoka CastleSakata Notose CastleSaku Hanaoka CastleSaku Hitomoshi CastleSaku Inariyama CastleSaku Kaize CastleSaku Miyanoue CastleSaku Mochizuki CastleSaku Teshirozuka CastleSakura CastleSakura Castle (Aichi)Sakurabasama CastleSakurabasamade CastleSakurai CastleSakurasawa FortSakurazakaue FortSamegai CastleSamizu CastleSanada Chifuruya CastleSanada Isezaki CastleSanada Negoya CastleSanada PalaceSanada Seba CastleSanada Yagura CastleSanada Yazawa CastleSanada Yazawashi CastleSanadahonjo CastleSannohe CastleSannou YakataSano CastleSanokita YakataSanominami YakataSaraki Jin'yaSarashina Fuse CastleSarashina Inariyama CastleSarashina Osaka CastleSarukoya FortSarushima Battery IslandSasao CastleSasayama CastleSasayama Shuzan DaikanshoSashiki CastleSasou CastleSatsuma YakataSawayama CastleSeirin FortSeiryuin
Went here for the 47 Ronin Festival on Dec. 14th every year. Definitely the best time to go! Castle has been filmed numerous times for movies about the 47 Ronin.
Read "Taiko" by Eiji Yoshikawa which is about castle warfare and Hideyoshi Toyotomi and saw a lot of references to Azuchi. Great ruins and museums. The book is great as well although not as good as Yoshikawa's "Musashi".
Nice mock up in the middle of a park. Good for photographs in the evening and relaxing walks in the amazingly well kept park.
Went during Golden Week and waited about an hour to get into the donjon. Interior is sparse but the grounds are gorgeous.
Definitely the best in Japan. Unfortunately, it's presently under construction so the exterior is covered up. Heard from a friend that the scaffolding actually offers a great view of the roof. A plus side to the construction process.
Primarily a museum about the city.
I like the story behind this one. A local businessman built it to promote tourism in his hometown. Obviously visited the town for the ninja museum, like 99.9% of the town's visitors, and was surprised to see a castle there. I also believe this is the castle Ian Fleming described in "You Only Live Twice" during 007's ninja training scene. The film used Himeji.
Went to Kannonji on June 7th with the intention of visiting Omi Hachiman later in the day. Big mistake. Kannonji definitley deserves a full day. You could sneak in some of the museums in town or Azuchi castle the same day if you have a bike, but I was walking and checking out parts of the town I haven't been to. The route I took was from Kuwanomi-Ji which is built on the stone walls and staircases of the old castle. At the top of the stairs is the temple (300 yen admission) and the path to the immediate right leads to the old main gate and location where the tower used to be. The complete path from the bottom to the top down the other side is much longer than I expected, about three hours or more ( I wasn't keeping a watch on time). Just outside the main gate is a staircase with the well located nearby, per Raymond W.'s description which is what I was using for a guide. Continuing south is Kannosho-Ji which has the 100 best castles of Japan stamp inside the main hall. Also nearby are restrooms and vending machines. This temple is also built on the old walls and stairs. There is also a great view of the plains and mountains from here. I would definitely recommend a full day.
Very interesting site. The town has recreated a stone or iron age fort on a hill. Worth spending a day walking around the top and seeing the view. Towards the center is where the "town" was. Nice daytrip from Okayama city.
One of the few original castles. Boat tours go around the moat offering great views of the castle. Inside the castle itself is a small museum about the area. The city often advertises itself as the Kyoto of the west. That's a bit of a stretch but the castle is great.
Went here after visiting another castle in the morning. It's reconstructed but the one staff member who was there when I went was incredibly friendly, she gave me tea while I was watching the video presentation.
Went here after Hikone. The town was founded by Hideyoshi and they remind you of it everywhere. Haven't been inside it yet, I got there after closing time, but making plans to spend a weekend there.
Original castle in all of it's drafty splendor. The intentionally squeaky floor competes with the rattle of the wooden doors for noise awards. The details are subtle but great. Best suggestion is to look all around as you walk down the corridors.
Nice if you're in town. Small museum about the area.
Went here in the late morning to finish off my goal of visiting every castle around Lake Biwa. Great site! The castle itself is now a shrine at the peak of Ohmi Hachiman Yama and is accessible by ropeway (Coupon available in the tourist info. center/former school house nearby) At the base is a shrine to Hachiman, the Shinto god of war, while at the top another shrine has been built on the walls of the former castle. The shrine was very lax about photos and I kind of went nuts snapping pictures of the altars and rooms. There are a few signs in Japanese telling visitors where the baileys and main tower used to be. Towards the west side of the peak there are clearings with great views of Lake Biwa as well as Azuchi towards the north. Definitely worth the 40 minute train ride from Kyoto city.
Aimiyamamonomi FortAizu Odayama CastleAizu Wakamatsu CastleAkagi Kita CastleAkagi Minami CastleAkagi YakataAkashi CastleAkatsuka CastleAkechi Osayama CastleAki CastleAkiba FortAkita CastleAkizuki CastleAkizuki Domain South Detached PalaceAko CastleAkozu CastleAkutagawasan CastleAmagajoAmagasaki CastleAmetoya CastleAnnaka CastleAnrakuji YakataAnsho CastleAoyagi CastleAoyagi YakataAoyama CastleAragaito FortArai CastleArako CastleArashi CastleArato CastleAratoshou CastleArayama CastleArikoyama CastleAruga CastleAsaba CastleAsahara YakataAsahiyama CastleAsama PalaceAsama YakataAshigara CastleAshikagashi YakataAsonuma CastleAsukayama CastleAsuke CastleAya CastleAzuchi CastleAzumi Aoki CastleAzumi Furumaya CastleAzumi Futatsugi CastleAzumi Iwahara CastleAzumi Kameyama CastleAzumi Kibune CastleAzumi Kitsune CastleAzumi Mondo CastleAzumi Nagao CastleAzumi Nishimaki CastleAzumi Nishiyama CastleAzumi Ogiwara CastleAzumi Ogura CastleAzumi Oshino CastleAzumi Shibutami CastleAzumi Takisawa CastleAzumi Tanoiri CastleAzumi Taya CastleAzumi Uzuhashi CastleBaba YashikiBingo Kouyama CastleBitchu Matsuyama CastleBitchu Takamatsu CastleBusetsu CastleChausudateChiba CastleChigasaki CastleChihaya CastleChiisagata Kemi CastleChiisagata Komaki CastleChiisagata Komakikamino CastleChiisagata Nakano CastleChiisagata Nakao CastleChiisagata Nishiyama CastleChiisagata Shirayama CastleChiisagata Yashima CastleChikatou FortChikuma Asada CastleChikuma Asahi CastleChikuma Asaka CastleChikuma Awaji CastleChikuma Chausuyama CastleChikuma Gotenyama CastleChikuma Higashijou CastleChikuma Hime CastleChikuma Kakiage CastleChikuma Kattori CastleChikuma Kemi CastleChikuma Koshikou CastleChikuma Koya CastleChikuma Kushiki CastleChikuma Moto CastleChikuma Motoyama CastleChikuma Narukami CastleChikuma Nishijou CastleChikuma Osaka CastleChikuma Saburouhora CastleChikuma Samine CastleChikuma Saruga CastleChikuma Sasaga CastleChikuma Sasano CastleChikuma Sasazawa CastleChikuma Takasu CastleChikuma Takayama CastleChikuma Takeda CastleChikuma Tazawa CastleChikuma Uchi CastleChikuma Ueda CastleChikuma Uenoyama CastleChikuma Wada CastleChikuma Yagura CastleChikuma Yamazaki FortChikuzen Fukutake CastleChikuzen Sakata CastleChimura YashikiChiran CastleChofuku CastleChoujayama CastleChoujayashiki YakataChoushouin YakataChouzenjimae JinyaDainenji YakataDannoura BatteryDeura CastleDokanyamaEchi Aoyama CastleEchi Hatada CastleEchi Hida CastleEchi Hirai CastleEchi Imoto CastleEchi Kamigishimoto CastleEchi Katsushima CastleEchi Kitabodaiji CastleEchi Nakato CastleEchi Ogura CastleEchi Shimozato CastleEchi Sone CastleEchi Takano CastleEchi Touendou CastleEchi Yamori CastleEchigo Fukushima CastleEchigo Kanayama CastleEchigo Katsuyama CastleEchigo Kiyosaki CastleEchigo Matsudai CastleEchizen Katsuyama CastleEchizen Ohno CastleEdo CastleEgawa FortEma YakataEnryakujiEnryakuji Amidadou FortEnryakuji Higashitani FortEnryakuji Joudoin FortEnryakuji Kitatani FortEnryakuji Monjurou FortEnryakuji Nishitani FortEnryakuji Shakadou FortEtchuu Shinjou CastleFujihashi Castle (Tokyo)Fujita CastleFukakusa YakataFukazawa CastleFukuchiyama CastleFukui CastleFukuoka CastleFukuouji YakataFukushima CastleFukuyama CastleFukuyo CastleFukuzawa YakataFumimichi CastleFunai CastleFunaoka CastleFunaokayama CastleFunayama CastleFunehiki CastleFuruhata YakataFurujou YakataFurumaya YakataFuruwatari CastleFushimi CastleFutamata CastleFutatsubungonokami YakataFutoge CastleFutoh'yama CastleGakiyama NoroshidaiGamou Funaki CastleGamou Ikeda YakataGamou Isshiki CastleGamou Kitanoshou CastleGamou Kitatsuda CastleGamou Komori CastleGamou Kongouji CastleGamou Kounoshou CastleGamou Minamitsuda CastleGamou Osada CastleGamou Tsuda CastleGanjaku CastleGassan Toda CastleGifu CastleGion CastleGobara CastleGochaku CastleGokan CastleGomiGongen YakataGoryokaku FortGouda FortGujo Hachiman CastleHaba CastleHabauehori YashikiHachigata CastleHachikenchōja CastleHachinohe CastleHachioji CastleHaga CastleHagi CastleHagikura FortHaibara CastleHaiyama CastleHakusan CastleHamada CastleHamagawa CastleHamamatsu CastleHanakuma CastleHanamaki CastleHanawa CastleHanazawa YakataHanazono CastleHanazono Mitake CastleHaneo CastleHanishina Kan'onsaka CastleHanishina Motai CastleHanishina Takeyama CastleHanishina Terao CastleHaranomoto CastleHarima Hakusan CastleHasedo CastleHatakenaka YakataHatayama CastleHatsuzawa CastleHatta YashikiHayaotoshi CastleHayashikojo CastleHayashiohjo CastleHekirichi JinyaHida Kojima CastleHida Takayama CastleHieinoyama FortHikaru CastleHikobe YashikiHikone CastleHikuma CastleHimeji CastleHimuro YakataHirado CastleHirai CastleHirai Kanayama CastleHiraide Moated SettlementHirakura CastleHirase CastleHirase Kitano CastleHirase NoroshidaiHirase YakataHiratsuka CastleHirosaki CastleHiroshima CastleHisawa CastleHishakuyama CastleHitachi Takekuma CastleHitachi Yamagata CastleHitachi Yorii CastleHitachi Yoshida CastleHitoyoshi CastleHiyama CastleHizen Kashima CastleHizen Nagoya CastleHodarakuji CastleHojo Clan ResidenceHonjinzawabata FortHonshouji CastleHora YakataHorigane YakataHorigoe PalaceHorikoshi CastleHorinouchi YashikiHosogaya YakataHotaka YakataHotta no SakuHoushouji FortHouzouji YakataHyakusaiji CastleHyogo CastleIba CastleIba PalaceIbako CastleIbaraki CastleIbayama CastleIbikitagata CastleIbuka CastleIchigousan CastleIchijodani CastleIchijojiyama CastleIchikawa JinyaIchinomiya CastleIga Hijiyama CastleIga Mibuno CastleIga Ueno CastleIgawa CastleIida CastleIida FortIijima Jin'yaIinawa CastleIino Taira CastleIinuma CastleIiyama CastleIkeda CastleIkenoshiri YakataImabari CastleImai CastleImai FortImai Jin'yaIna Akasu CastleIna CastleIna Ichinodaira CastleIna Inamura CastleIna Joumura CastleIna Kamihiraideko CastleIna Kasuga CastleIna Kitano CastleIna Kiyomizu CastleIna Koide CastleIna Konishi CastleIna Korin CastleIna Kurata CastleIna Maruyama FortIna Matsuo CastleIna Matsushima CastleIna Minowa CastleIna Nagayama CastleIna Nakagome CastleIna Oguro CastleIna Ohkubo CastleIna Ohniwa CastleIna Omotegi CastleIna Ou CastleIna Ryuugasaki CastleIna Shimohiraideko CastleIna Shimono CastleIna Sokura CastleIna Suganuma CastleIna Suzuoka CastleIna Takada CastleIna Tanagi CastleIna Tanaka CastleIna Tenpaku CastleIna Wada CastleIna YashikiIna Yasuoka CastleIna Yokokawa CastleIna Yoshioka CastleInamurafuru CastleInaniwa CastleInatsuke CastleInawashiro CastleInnoshima Suigun CastleInoko YakataInuinofuru CastleInukai CastleInukai YakataInuyama CastleIoyama CastleIsawa CastleIsawa Jin'yaIshigakiyama Ichiya CastleIshigami CastleIsobe CastleItabashi CastleItami CastleItazuke Moated SettlementItoi Jin'yaItoigawa JinyaItokazu CastleItousakaue FortIwabitsu CastleIwade Danjou KyokanIwadono CastleIwaki Taira CastleIwakiri CastleIwakuni CastleIwamura CastleIwaoka YakataIwasaki CastleIwaseyama CastleIwatsuki CastleIwaya CastleIyo Matsuyama CastleIzaki CastleIzu Moriyama CastleIzu Nagahama CastleIzu Ohdairashin CastleIzuki Jin'yaIzumi Jin'yaIzumigashira CastleIzushi CastleJikouin YakataJinbagahara CastleJindaiji CastleJinguuji YakataJionji YakataJofukuji CastleJouhikage FortJoujou CastleJoukouin YakataJoumurafuru CastleJounoue FortJurakudaiJuuouzan FortKaesa CastleKaga Utasu CastleKagikakemonomi FortKagoshima CastleKai Baba YashikiKai Genji YakataKai Kouno YashikiKai Koyama CastleKai Nishikawa YashikiKai Ueno CastleKaibai CastleKaibara JinyaKaiden CastleKakegawa Castle
