Japan's Top 100 Castles List
Hello! I'm Sakura Somei, your Castle Maiden guide. This is our main directory page. The Top 100 Castles are listed in official numerical order, starting from Hokkaido in the north down to Okinawa. Let's explore together! ♪
▼ Hokkaido & Tohoku Region
Hokkaido
1. Nemuro Peninsula Chashi Ruins /
2. Goryokaku /
3. Matsumae Castle
Aomori Prefecture
4. Hirosaki Castle /
5. Nejo Castle
Iwate Prefecture
6. Morioka Castle
Miyagi Prefecture
7. Taga Castle /
8. Sendai Castle
Akita Prefecture
9. Kubota Castle
Yamagata Prefecture
10. Yamagata Castle
Fukushima Prefecture
11. Nihonmatsu Castle /
12. Tsuruga Castle /
13. Shirakawa Komine Castle
▼ Kanto & Koshinetsu Region
Ibaraki Prefecture
14. Mito Castle
Tochigi Prefecture
15. Ashikaga Clan Residence (Banna-ji)
Gunma Prefecture
16. Minowa Castle /
17. Kanayama Castle
Saitama Prefecture
18. Hachigata Castle /
19. Kawagoe Castle
Chiba Prefecture
20. Sakura Castle
Tokyo
21. Edo Castle /
22. Hachioji Castle
Kanagawa Prefecture
23. Odawara Castle
Yamanashi Prefecture
24. Takeda Clan Residence /
25. Kofu Castle
Nagano Prefecture
26. Matsushiro Castle /
27. Ueda Castle /
28. Komoro Castle /
29. Matsumoto Castle /
30. Takato Castle
Niigata Prefecture
31. Shibata Castle /
32. Kasugayama Castle
▼ Hokuriku & Tokai Region
Toyama Prefecture
33. Takaoka Castle
Ishikawa Prefecture
34. Nanao Castle /
35. Kanazawa Castle
Fukui Prefecture
36. Maruoka Castle /
37. Ichijodani Castle
Gifu Prefecture
38. Iwamura Castle /
39. Gifu Castle
Shizuoka Prefecture
40. Yamanaka Castle /
41. Sunpu Castle /
42. Kakegawa Castle
Aichi Prefecture
43. Inuyama Castle /
44. Nagoya Castle /
45. Okazaki Castle /
46. Nagashino Castle
Mie Prefecture
47. Iga Ueno Castle /
48. Matsusaka Castle
▼ Kansai (Kinki) Region
Shiga Prefecture
49. Odani Castle /
50. Hikone Castle /
51. Azuchi Castle /
52. Kannonji Castle
Kyoto Prefecture
53. Nijo Castle
Osaka Prefecture
54. Osaka Castle /
55. Chihaya Castle
Hyogo Prefecture
56. Takeda Castle /
57. Sasayama Castle /
58. Akashi Castle /
59. Himeji Castle /
60. Ako Castle
Nara Prefecture
61. Takatori Castle
Wakayama Prefecture
62. Wakayama Castle
▼ Chugoku & Shikoku Region
Tottori Prefecture
63. Tottori Castle
Shimane Prefecture
64. Matsue Castle /
65. Gassantoda Castle /
66. Tsuwano Castle
Okayama Prefecture
67. Tsuyama Castle /
68. Bitchu Matsuyama Castle /
69. Kinojo (Ki Castle) /
70. Okayama Castle
Hiroshima Prefecture
71. Fukuyama Castle /
72. Koriyama Castle /
73. Hiroshima Castle
Yamaguchi Prefecture
74. Iwakuni Castle /
75. Hagi Castle
Tokushima Prefecture
76. Tokushima Castle
Kagawa Prefecture
77. Takamatsu Castle /
78. Marugame Castle
Ehime Prefecture
79. Imabari Castle /
80. Yuzuki Castle
▼ Kyushu & Okinawa Region
Fukuoka Prefecture
85. Fukuoka Castle /
86. Ono Castle
Saga Prefecture
87. Nagoya Castle (Saga) /
88. Yoshinogari Historical Park /
89. Saga Castle
Nagasaki Prefecture
90. Hirado Castle /
91. Shimabara Castle
Kumamoto Prefecture
92. Kumamoto Castle /
93. Hitoyoshi Castle
Oita Prefecture
94. Oita Funai Castle /
95. Oka Castle
Miyazaki Prefecture
96. Obi Castle
Kagoshima Prefecture
97. Kagoshima Castle
Okinawa Prefecture
98. Nakijin Castle /
99. Nakagusuku Castle /
100. Shuri Castle
You can also find links to our other features below!
▼ Other Articles & Guides
Castle Maiden Profiles
Meet the Maidens /
Top 100 Castles Stamp Summaries
Stamp List (No. 1 to 48) /
Stamp List (No. 49 to 100) /