List of castles in Japan

This list will only castles in Japan in the Edo period using the specified literature. Among the most listed there 182 castles Added Azuchi - jo Gifu and of Oda Nobunaga, Fushimi- jo of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and two castles on Okinawa, Naka- gusuku and Nakijin- gusuku. Another special feature is the fortress Goryo - kaku on Hokkaido, to which there is no castle town. The time last stronghold of the list was started at the beginning of the Meiji period, but not completed, namely Hirose - jo.

• The actual residence of a castle is preserved only in the Nijo - jo some cases. What else sees the castle towers ( Tenshukaku ) and ramparts are with corner towers ( Yagura ). Of the castle towers are only 12 obtained from the Edo period, they are given marks with (T). A whole series of towers but were in 20-21. Century constructed (partly after loss in World War II ) of concrete or even wooden back.
• In general, the castle is named after the place in which it is located. There are also traditional and caused by incorporation of exceptions.

The individual castles

• Aizu Wakamatsu - - jo (会 津 若 松 城) - Aizu Wakamatsu -, Fukushima Prefecture
• Akashi - jo (明 石城) - Akashi, Hyōgo Prefecture
• Ako - jo (赤 穂 城) - Ako, Hyogo Prefecture
• Amagasaki - jo (尼 崎 城) - Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefecture
• Annaka - jo (安 中 城) - Annaka, Gumma Prefecture
• Azuchi - jo (安 土城) - Azuchi, Shiga Prefecture
• Daishoji - jo (大圣 寺 城) - Kaga, Ishikawa Prefecture
• Edo - jo (江 戸 城) - Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture
• Fuchū - jo (府中 城) - Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture
• Fukuchiyama - jo (福 知 山城) - Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture
• Fukue - jo (福 江城) - Gotō, Nagasaki Prefecture
• Fukui - jo (福井 城) - Fukui, Fukui Prefecture
• Fukuoka - jo (福冈 城) - Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
• Fukushima - jo (福 岛城) - Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture
• Fukuyama - jo (福山 城) - Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture
• Funai- jo (府 内 城) - Oita, Oita Prefecture
• Fushimi- jo (伏 见 城) - Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture
• Gifu - jo (岐阜 城) - Gifu, Gifu Prefecture
• Goryōkaku (五 棱 郭) - Hakodate, Hokkaido Prefecture
• Gujohachiman - jo (郡 上 八 幡 城) - Gujō, Gifu Prefecture
• Hagi - jo (萩 城) - Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture
• Hamada - jo (浜 田 城) - Hamada, Shimane Prefecture
• Hamamatsu - jo (浜 松 城) - Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture
• Hanamaki - jo (花 巻 城) - Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture
• Hiji - jo (日出 城) - Hiji, Oita Prefecture
• Hikone - jo (彦 根 城) - Hikone, Shiga Prefecture (T) ( National Treasure )
• Himeji- jo (姫 路 城) - Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture (T) ( World Heritage Site) ( National Treasure )
• Hirado - jo (平 戸 城) - Hirado, Nagasaki Prefecture
• Hirosaki - jo (弘 前 城) - Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture (T)
• Hirose - jo (広 瀬 城) - Miyazaki, Miyazaki Prefecture
• Hiroshima - jo (広 島 城) - Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture
• Hitoyoshi - jo (人 吉 城) - Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto Prefecture
• Honjō - jo (本 荘 城) - Yurihonjo, Akita Prefecture
• Iida - jo (饭 田 城) - Iida, Nagano Prefecture
• Iiyama - jo (今 治 城) - Iiyama, Nagano Prefecture
• Imabari - jo (今 治 城) - Imabari, Ehime Prefecture
• Inawashiro- jo (猪苗 代 城) - Inawashiro, Fukushima Prefecture
• Inuyama- jo (犬 山城) - Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture (T) ( National Treasure )
• Iwaki Taira - jo (磐 城 平城) - Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture
• Iwakuni - jo (岩 国 城) - Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture
• Iwamura - jo (岩村 城) - Ena, Gifu Prefecture
• Iwatsuki - jo (岩 槻 城) - Saitama, Saitama Prefecture
• Izushi - jo (出 石城) - Izushi, Hyōgo Prefecture
• Kagoshima - jo (鹿 児 岛城) - Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture
• Kakegawa - jo (挂 川 城) - Kakegawa, Shizuoka Prefecture
• Kambe - jo (神 戸 城) - Suzuka, Mie Prefecture
• Kamegasaki - jo (亀ヶ崎 城) - Sakata, Yamagata Prefecture
• Kameyama - jo (亀 山城) - Kameoka, Kyoto Prefecture
• Kameyama - jo (亀 山城) - Kameyama, Mie Prefecture
• Kaminoyama - jo (上 山城) - Kaminoyama, Yamagata Prefecture
• Kanazawa - jo (金 沢 城) - Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture
• Kanō - jo (加纳 城) - Gifu, Gifu Prefecture
• Karasuyama - jo (乌 山城) - Karasuyama, Tochigi Prefecture
• Karatsu - jo (唐 津城) - Karatsu, Saga Prefecture
• Kariya - jo (刈 谷城) - Kariya, Aichi prefecture
• Kasama - jo (笠 间 城) - Kasama, Ibaraki Prefecture
• Katsuyama - jo (胜 山城) - Katsuyama, Fukui Prefecture
• Katsuyama - jo (胜 山城) - Maniwa, Okayama Prefecture
• Kawagoe - jo (川越 え城) - Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture
• Kishiwada - jo (岸 和田 城) - Kishiwada, Osaka Prefecture
• Kitsuki - jo (杵 筑城) - Kitsuki, Oita Prefecture
• Kōchi - jo (高 知 城) - Kochi, Kochi Prefecture (T)
• Kōfu - jo (甲 府城) - Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture
• Koga - jo (古河 城) - Koga, Ibaraki Prefecture
• Kokura - jo (小 仓 城) - Kokura, Fukuoka Prefecture
• Komatsu - jo (小松 城) - Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture
• Komoro - jo (小 诸城) - Komoro, Nagano Prefecture
• Kōriyama - jo (郡 山城) - Yamato Kōriyama, Nara Prefecture
• Koromo - jo (挙 母 城) - Toyota, Aichi Prefecture
• Kubota - jo (久保 田 城) - Akita, Akita Prefecture
• Kumamoto - jo (熊 本 城) - Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture
• Kurume - jo (久留 米 城) - Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture
• Kururi - jo (久留 里 城) - Numazu, Chiba Prefecture
• Kuwana - jo (桑 名城) - Kuwana, Mie Prefecture
• Maebashi - jo (前 桥 城) - Maebashi, Gumma Prefecture
• Marugame - jo (丸 亀 城) - Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture (T)
• Maruoka - jo (丸 冈 城) - Maruoka, Fukui Prefecture (T)
• Matsue- jo (松江 城) - Matsue, Shimane Prefecture (T)
• Matsumae- jo (松 前 城) - Matsumae, Hokkaidō Prefecture
• Matsumoto - jo (松本 城) - Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture (T) ( National Treasure )
• Matsuo - jo (松尾 城) - Sammu, Chiba Prefecture
• Matsuoka - jo (松冈 城) - Takahagi, Ibaraki Prefecture
• Matsusaka - jo (松 阪 城) - Takahagi, Ibaraki Prefecture
• Matsushiro jo (松 代 城) - Nagano, Nagano Prefecture
• Matsuyama - jo (松山 城) - Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture (T)
• Matsuyama - jo (松山 城) - Sakata, Yamagata Prefecture
• Matsuyama - jo (松山 城) - Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture (T)
• Mibu - jo (壬 生 城) - Mibu, Tochigi Prefecture
• Mihara- jo (三原 城) - Mihara, Hiroshima Prefecture
• Miharu- jo (三 春城) - Miharu, Fukushima Prefecture
• Minakuchi - jo (水口 城) - Koga, Shiga Prefecture
• Mito - jo (水 戸 城) - Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture
• Miyazu - jo (宫 津城) - Miyazu, Kyoto Prefecture
• Morioka - jo (盛 冈 城) - Morioka, Iwate Prefecture
• Murakami - jo (村上 城) - Murakami, Niigata Prefecture
• Naegi - jo (苗木 城) - Nakatsugawa, Gifu Prefecture
• Nagahama - jo (长 浜 城) - Nagahama, Shiga Prefecture
• Nagao - jo (长尾 城) - Boso, Chiba Prefecture
• Nagaoka - jo (长 冈 城) - Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture
• Nagashima - jo (长岛 城) - Kuwana, Mie Prefecture
• Nagoya - jo (名古屋 城) - Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
• Naka- gusuku (中 城) - Okinawa Prefecture
• Nakamura - jo (中 村 城) - Sōma, Fukushima Prefecture
• Nakatsu - jo (中 津城) - Nakatsu, Oita Prefecture
• Nakijin- gusuku (今 帰 仁 城) - Okinawa Prefecture
• Nihonmatsu - jo (二 本 松 城) - Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture
• Nijo - jo (二条 城) - Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture
• Nishio - jo (西 尾 城) - Nishio, Aichi Prefecture
• Nobeoka - jo (延 冈 城) - Nobeoka, Miyazaki Prefecture
• Numata - jo (沼 田 城) - Numata, Gumma Prefecture
• Numazu - jo (沼 津城) - Numazu, Shizuoka Prefecture
• Obama - jo (小 浜 城) - Obama, Fukui Prefecture
• Obi- jo (饫 肥城) - Nichinan, Miyazaki Prefecture
• Ōdate - jo (大 馆 城) - Ōdate, Akita Prefecture
• Odawara - jo (小田原 城) - Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture
• Ōgaki - jo (大 垣 城) - Ōgaki, Gifu Prefecture
• Oka - jo (冈 城) - Takeda, Oita Prefecture
• Okayama - jo (冈山 城) - Okayama, Okayama Prefecture
• Okazaki - jo (冈 崎 城) - Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture
• Omura - jo (大村 城) - Omura, Nagasaki Prefecture
• Ōno - jo (大野 城) - Ōno, Fukui Prefecture
• Osakajo (大阪 城) - Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
• Oshi - jo (忍 城) - Gyoda, Saitama Prefecture
• Otaki- jo (大多 喜 城) - Otaki, Chiba Prefecture
• Otawara - jo (大田 原 城) - Otawara, Tochigi Prefecture
• Ōzu - jo (大洲 城) - Ōzu, Ehime Prefecture
• Sadowara - jo (佐 土 原 城) - Miyazaki, Miyazaki Prefecture
• Saeki - jo (佐伯 城) - Saeki, Oita Prefecture
• Saga - jo (佐贺 城) - Saga, Saga Prefecture
• Sakura - jo (佐 仓 城) - Sakura, Chiba Prefecture
• Sanuki - jo (佐 贯 城) - Tomiura, Chiba Prefecture
• Sasayama - jo (筱 山城) - Sasayama, Hyōgo Prefecture
• Sekiyado - jo (关 宿 城) - Noda, Chiba Prefecture
• Sendai - jo (仙台 城) - Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture
• Shibata - jo (新 発 田 城) - Shibata, Niigata Prefecture
• Shimabara - jo (岛 原 城) - Shimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture
• Shimodate - jo (下 馆 城) - Chikusei, Ibaraki Prefecture
• Shingu - jo (新 宫城) - Shingu, Wakayama Prefecture
• Shinjō - jo (新 庄 城) - Shinjō, Yamagata Prefecture
• Shiraishi - jo (白石 城) - Shiraishi, Miyagi Prefecture
• Shirakawakomine - jo (白河 小 峰 城) - Shirakawa, Fukushima Prefecture
• Shuri- jo (首 里 城) - Naha, Okinawa Prefecture
• Sumoto - jo (洲 本 城) - Sumoto, Hyōgo Prefecture
• Sumpu - jo (骏 府城) - Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture
• Tahara - jo (田原 城) - Tahara, Wakayama Prefecture
• Takada - jo (高田 城) - Joetsu, Niigata Prefecture
• Takamatsu - jo (高 松 城) - Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture
• Takanabe- jo (高 锅 城) - Takanabe, Miyazaki Prefecture
• Takasaki - jo (高崎 城) - Takasaki, Gumma Prefecture
• Takashima - jo (高 岛城) - Suwa, Nagano Prefecture
• Takato - jo (高远 城) - Ina, Nagano Prefecture
• Takatori - jo (高 取 城) - Takatori, Nara Prefecture
• Takatsuki - jo (高 槻 城) - Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture
• Tamaru - jo (田 丸 城) - Tamaki, Mie Prefecture
• Tanabe - jo (田 辺 城) - Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture
• Tanabe - jo (田 辺 城) - Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture
• Tanagura- jo (棚 仓 城) - Tanagura, Fukushima Prefecture
• Tanaka - jo (田中 城) - Fujieda, Shizuoka Prefecture
• Tatebayashi - jo (馆 林 城) - Tatebayashi, Gumma Prefecture
• Tate - jo (馆 城) - Sawabe, Hokkaidō Prefecture
• Tatsuno - jo (龙 野 城) - Tatsuno, Hyōgo Prefecture
• Toba - jo (鸟羽 城) - Toba, Mie Prefecture
• Tokushima - jo (徳 岛城) - Tokushima, Tokushima Prefecture
• Tottori - jo (鸟取 城) - Tottori, Tottori Prefecture
• Toyama - jo (富 山城) - Toyama, Toyama Prefecture
• Tsuchiura - jo (土 浦城) - Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture
• Tsu - jo (津城) - Tsu, Mie Prefecture
• Tsurugaoka - jo (鶴ヶ 岡城) - Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture
• Tsuyama - jo (津 山城) - Tsuyama, Okayama Prefecture
• Ueda - jo (上 田 城) - Ueda, Nagano Prefecture
• Ueno - jo (上 野 城) - Iga, Mie Prefecture
• Usuki - jo (臼杵 城) - Usuki, Oita Prefecture
• Utsunomiya - jo (宇 都 宫城) - Utsunomiya Tochigi Prefecture
• Uwajima - jo (宇 和 岛城) - Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture (T)
• Wakayama - jo (和 歌 山城) - Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture
• Yamagata - jo (山形 城) - Yamagata, Yamagata Prefecture
• Yamaguchi - jo (山口 城) - Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi Prefecture
• Yanagawa - jo (柳川 城) - Yanagawa, Fukuoka Prefecture
• Yatsushiro - jo (八 代 城) - Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture
• Yodo - jo (淀 城) - Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture
• Yokosuka - jo (横须贺 城) - Kakegawa, Shizuoka Prefecture
• , Yokote - jo (横 手 城) - Yokote, Akita Prefecture
• Yonago - jo (米 子 城) - Yonago, Tottori Prefecture
• Yonezawa - jo (米 沢 城) - Yonezawa, Yamagata Prefecture
• Yoshida - jo (吉田 城) - Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture
• Yūki - jo (结 城城) - Yūki, Ibaraki Prefecture
• Zeze - jo (膳 所 城) - Otsu Cities, Shiga Prefecture

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