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