The castles in Top 100 Japanese Castles or 100 Fine Castles of Japan (日本百名城, Nihon Hyaku-Meijō) were chosen based on their significance in culture, history, and in their regions by the Japanese Castle Association (日本城郭協会, Nihon Jōkaku Kyōkai) in 2006.[1]
In 2017, Japanese Castle Association created an additional finest 100 castles list as Continued Top 100 Japanese Castles.[2]
Hokkaidō
edit| Name | Prefecture | City | Year completed | Built by | Photo |
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| Nemuro Peninsula Chashi Site 根室半島チャシ跡群 |
Hokkaido | Nemuro | From the 16C to the 18C |
Ainu people アイヌ民族 |
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| Goryōkaku 五稜郭 |
Hokkaido | Hakodate | 1866 | Tokugawa shogunate 徳川軍和新政府軍 |
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| Matsumae Castle 松前城 |
Hokkaido | Matsumae | 1606 | Matsumae Takahiro 松前 崇広 |
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Tōhoku region
edit| Name | Prefecture | City | Year completed | Built by | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hirosaki Castle 弘前城 |
Aomori | Hirosaki | 1611 | Tsugaru Tamenobu 津軽為信 Tsugaru Nobuhira 津軽信枚 |
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| Ne Castle 根城 |
Aomori | Hachinohe | 1334 | Moroyuki Nanbu 南部師行 |
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| Morioka Castle 盛岡城 |
Iwate | Morioka | 1598 | Nanbu Nobunao 南部信直 |
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| Sendai Castle 仙台城 |
Miyagi | Sendai | 1601 | Date Masamune 伊達政宗 |
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| Taga Fort 多賀城 |
Miyagi | Tagajō | 724 | Ōno no Azumabito 小野東人 |
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| Kubota Castle 久保田城 |
Akita | Akita | 1604 | Satake Yoshinobu 佐竹義宣 |
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| Yamagata Castle 山形城 |
Yamagata | Yamagata | 1356 | Shiba Kaneyori 斯波 兼頼 |
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| Nihonmatsu Castle 二本松城 |
Fukushima | Nihonmatsu | Muromachi period | Hatakeyama Mitsuyasu | 
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| Aizuwakamatsu Castle 会津若松城 |
Fukushima | Aizuwakamatsu | 1384 | Ashina Naomori 蘆名直盛 |
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| Komine Castle 小峰城 |
Fukushima | Shirakawa | 1340 | Yūki Chikatomo | 
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Kantō and Kōshin'etsu region
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Hokuriku region
edit| Name | Prefecture | City | Year completed | Built by | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Takaoka Castle 高岡城 |
Toyama | Takaoka | 1609 | Maeda Toshinaga | 
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| Nanao Castle 七尾城 |
Ishikawa | Nanao | 1429 | Hatakeyama Mitsunori | 
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| Kanazawa Castle 金沢城 |
Ishikawa | Kanazawa | 1580 | Sakuma Morimasa | 
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| Maruoka Castle 丸岡城 |
Fukui | Sakai | 1576 | Shibata Katsutoyo | 
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| Ichijōdani Castle 一乗谷城 |
Fukui | Fukui | Nanboku-chō period | Asakura clan | 
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Tōkai region
edit| Name | Prefecture | City | Year completed | Built by | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iwamura Castle 岩村城 |
Gifu | Ena | 1221 | Tōyama Kagetomo | 
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| Gifu Castle 岐阜城 |
Gifu | Gifu | 1201 | Nikaidō Yukimasa | 
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| Yamanaka Castle 山中城 |
Shizuoka | Mishima | 1570 | Hōjō Ujiyasu | 
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| Sunpu Castle 駿府城 |
Shizuoka | Shizuoka | 1585 | Tokugawa Ieyasu | 
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| Kakegawa Castle 掛川城 |
Shizuoka | Kakegawa | 1487 | Asahina Yasuhiro | 
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| Inuyama Castle 犬山城 |
Aichi | Inuyama | 1469 | Oda Hirochika | 
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| Nagoya Castle 名古屋城 |
Aichi | Nagoya | 1609 | Tokugawa Ieyasu | 
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| Okazaki Castle 岡崎城 |
Aichi | Okazaki | 1452? | Saigō clan | 
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| Nagashino Castle 長篠城 |
Aichi | Shinshiro | 1508 | Suganuma Motonari | 
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| Iga Ueno Castle 伊賀上野城 |
Mie | Iga | 1585 | Tsutsui Sadatsugu | 
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| Matsusaka Castle 松阪城 |
Mie | Matsusaka | 1588 | Gamō Ujisato | 
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Kansai region
edit| Name | Prefecture | City | Year completed | Built by | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odani Castle 小谷城 |
Shiga | Kohoku | 1516 | Azai Sukemasa | 
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| Hikone Castle 彦根城 |
Shiga | Hikone | 1622 | Ii Naokatsu | 
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| Azuchi Castle 安土城 |
Shiga | Ōmihachiman | 1576 | Oda Nobunaga | 
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| Kannonji Castle 観音寺城 |
Shiga | Ōmihachiman | 1487 | Rokkaku Ujiyori | 
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| Nijō Castle 二条城 |
Kyoto | Kyoto | 1603 | Tokugawa Ieyasu | 
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| Osaka Castle 大坂城 |
Osaka | Osaka | 1583 | Toyotomi Hideyoshi | 
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| Chihaya Castle 千早城 |
Osaka | Chihayaakasaka | 1332 | Kusunoki Masashige | 
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| Takeda Castle 竹田城 |
Hyōgo | Asago | 1431 | Yamana Sōzen | 
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| Sasayama Castle 篠山城 |
Hyōgo | Sasayama | 1609 | Tokugawa Ieyasu | 
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| Akashi Castle 明石城 |
Hyōgo | Akashi | 1618 | Ogasawara Tadazane | 
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| Himeji Castle 姫路城 |
Hyōgo | Himeji | 1346 | Akamatsu Sadanori | 
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| Akō Castle 赤穂城 |
Hyōgo | Akō | 1483 | Oka Mitsuhiro | 
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| Takatori Castle 高取城 |
Nara | Takatori | 1332 | Ochi Kunizumi | 
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| Wakayama Castle 和歌山城 |
Wakayama | Wakayama | 1586 | Toyotomi Hidenaga | 
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Chūgoku region
edit| Name | Prefecture | City | Year completed | Built by | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tottori Castle 鳥取城 |
Tottori | Tottori | 1555 | Yamana clan | 
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| Matsue Castle 松江城 |
Shimane | Matsue | 1611 | Horio Tadauji | 
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| Gassantoda Castle 月山富田城 |
Shimane | Yasugi | 1185? | Sasaki Yoshikiyo? | 
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| Tsuwano Castle 津和野城 |
Shimane | Tsuwano | 1295 | Yoshimi Yoriyuki | 
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| Tsuyama Castle 津山城 |
Okayama | Tsuyama | 1444 | Yamashina Tadamasa | 
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| Bitchū Matsuyama Castle 備中松山城 |
Okayama | Takahashi | 1240 | Akiba Shigenobu | 
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| Ki castle 鬼ノ城 |
Okayama | Sōja | 7C? | Yamato court? | 
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| Okayama Castle 岡山城 |
Okayama | Okayama | 1369 | Uwagami Takanao | 
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| Fukuyama Castle 福山城 |
Hiroshima | Fukuyama | 1622 | Mizuno Katsunari | 
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| Yoshida-Kōriyama Castle 吉田郡山城 |
Hiroshima | Akitakata | 1336 | Mōri Tokichika | 
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| Hiroshima Castle 広島城 |
Hiroshima | Hiroshima | 1589 | Mōri Terumoto | 
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| Iwakuni Castle 岩国城 |
Yamaguchi | Iwakuni | 1601 | Kikkawa Hiroie | 
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| Hagi Castle 萩城 |
Yamaguchi | Hagi | 1604 | Mōri Terumoto | 
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Shikoku region
edit| Name | Prefecture | City | Year completed | Built by | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tokushima Castle 徳島城 |
Tokushima | Tokushima | 1585 | Hachisuka Iemasa | 
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| Takamatsu Castle 高松城 |
Kagawa | Takamatsu | 1590 | Ikoma Chikamasa | 
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| Marugame Castle 丸亀城 |
Kagawa | Marugame | Muromachi period | Nara Motoyasu | 
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| Imabari Castle 今治城 |
Ehime | Imabari | 1602 | Tōdō Takatora | 
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| Matsuyama Castle 松山城 |
Ehime | Matsuyama | 1602 | Katō Yoshiaki | _JAPAN.JPG)
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| Yuzuki Castle 湯築城 |
Ehime | Matsuyama | 14C | Kōno clan | 
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| Ōzu Castle 大洲城 |
Ehime | Ōzu | 1331 | Utsunomiya Toyofusa | 
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| Uwajima Castle 宇和島城 |
Ehime | Uwajima | 1586 | Tachibana no Tōyasu | 
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| Kōchi Castle 高知城 |
Kōchi | Kōchi | 1603 | Yamauchi Kazutoyo | 
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Kyūshū region
edit| Name | Prefecture | City | Year completed | Built by | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fukuoka Castle 福岡城 |
Fukuoka | Fukuoka | 1601 | Kuroda Nagamasa | 
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| Ōno Castle (Chikuzen Province) 大野城 |
Fukuoka | Ōnojō | 665 | ? | 
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| Nagoya Castle 名護屋城 |
Saga | Karatsu | 1591 | Toyotomi Hideyoshi | 
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| Yoshinogari site 吉野ヶ里遺跡 |
Saga | Yoshinogari Kanzaki |
Yayoi period | ? | 
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| Saga Castle 佐賀城 |
Saga | Saga | 1602 | Nabeshima clan | 
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| Hirado Castle 平戸城 |
Nagasaki | Hirado | 1599 | Matsura Shigenobu | 
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| Shimabara Castle 島原城 |
Nagasaki | Shimabara | 1624 | Matsukura Shigemasa | 
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| Kumamoto Castle 熊本城 |
Kumamoto | Kumamoto | 1467 | Ideta Hidenobu | 
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| Hitoyoshi Castle 人吉城 |
Kumamoto | Hitoyoshi | Genkyū era | Sagara Nagayori | 
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| Funai Castle 府内城 |
Ōita | Ōita | 1597 | Fukuhara Nagataka | 
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| Oka Castle 岡城 (豊後国) |
Ōita | Taketa | 1185 | Ogata Koreyoshi | 
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| Obi Castle 飫肥城 |
Miyazaki | Nichinan | Sengoku period | Tsuchimochi clan | 
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| Kagoshima Castle 鹿児島城 |
Kagoshima | Kagoshima | 1602 | Shimazu Iehisa | 
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Okinawa region
edit| Name | Prefecture | City | Year completed | Built by | Photo |
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| Nakijin Castle 今帰仁城 |
Okinawa | Nakijin | 13C? | Haniji? | 
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| Nakagusuku Castle 中城城 |
Okinawa | Kitanakagusuku | 1440 | Gosamaru | 
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| Shuri Castle 首里城 |
Okinawa | Naha | 14C? | King of Chūzan | 
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See also
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Notes
edit- ^ "日本100名城" (in Japanese). 日本城郭協会. 2007. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
- ^ "続日本100名城" (in Japanese). 日本城郭協会. 29 November 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
External links
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