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