| 1．Tateyama Castle | ||||||
| Tateyama Castle (館山城, Tateyama-jō) is a Japanese castle located in Tateyama, southern Chiba Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Tateyama Castle was home to the Inaba clan, daimyō of Tateyama Domain, but the castle is better known for its association with the former rulers of Awa Province, the Satomi clan.[1] The castle was also known as "Nekoya-jō" (根古屋城). | ||||||
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| Type： hilltop-style Japanese castle Builder ： 1580 Buildyear ： Satomi Yoshiyori | ||||||
| 2．Sekiyado Castle | ||||||
| Sekiyado Castle (関宿城, Sekiyado-jō) is a Japanese castle located in Noda, northwestern Chiba Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Sekiyado Castle was home to the Kuse clan, daimyō of Sekiyado Domain. Sekiyado is located at the confluence of the Tone River and the Edogawa River, and was thus a strategic location controlling river traffic in the northern Kantō region, as well as the northeastern approaches to Edo. A fortification was built on this location in the early Muromachi period by either Yadoya Mitsusuke (1395-1438) or Yadoya Shigesuke (d. 1512). It was destroyed during a campaign by the Later Hōjō clan of Odawara to conquer the Kantō region from 1565 to 1574. | ||||||
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| Type： flatland-style Japanese castle Builder ： 1590 Buildyear ： Matsudaira Yasumoto | ||||||
| 3．Sakura Castle | ||||||
| Sakura Castle (佐倉城, Sakura-jō) was a 17th-century castle, now in ruins, in Sakura, Chiba Prefecture. It was designated one of Japan's Top 100 Castles by the Japanese Castle Foundation.[1] | ||||||
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| 4．Kururi Castle | ||||||
| Kururi Castle (久留里城, Kururi-jō) is a Japanese castle located in Kimitsu, southern Chiba Prefecture, Japan. At the end of the Edo period, Kururi Castle was home to a branch of the Kuroda clan, daimyō of Kururi Domain. The castle was also known as Rain Castle (雨城, U-jō), after a legend that it rained twenty-one times during its construction, or, on average, once every three days.[1] It is located on a 227 meter hill.[2] | ||||||
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| Type： hilltop-style Japanese castle Builder ： 1456 Buildyear ： Satomi Yoshiyori,Kuroda Naozumi | ||||||
| 5．Inamura Castle | ||||||
| Inamura Castle (稲村城, Inamura-jō) was a Muromachi period Japanese castle located in what is now the city of Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. The ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 2012 together with Okamoto Castle as the Satomi clan castle ruins (里見氏城跡, Satomi-shi shiro ato).[1] | ||||||
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| Type： Hirayama-style Japanese castle Builder ： 1489-1491 century Buildyear ： Satomi clan | ||||||
| 6．Okamoto Castle (Chiba) | ||||||
| Okamoto Castle (岡本城, Okamoto-jō) was a Muromachi period Japanese castle located in what is now the city of Minamibōsō, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. The ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 2012 together with Inamura Castle as the Satomi clan castle ruins (里見氏城跡, Satomi-shi shiro ato).[1] | ||||||
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| Type： Hirayama-style Japanese castle Builder ： 1570 Buildyear ： Satomi clan | ||||||
| 7．Moto Sakura Castle | ||||||
| Moto Sakura Castle (本佐倉城, Motosakura-jō) was a Muromachi period "hirayama"-style castle located on the border of the town of Shisui and the city of Sakura, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Its ruins been protected as a National Historic Site since 1998.[1] | ||||||
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| Type： Hirayama-style castle Builder ： 1469 to 1489 Buildyear ： Chiba clan | ||||||
| 8．Ōtaki Castle (Chiba) | ||||||
| Ōtaki Castle (大多喜城, Ōtaki-jō) is a Japanese castle located in Ōtaki, southeast Chiba Prefecture, Japan. In the Edo period, Ōtaki Castle was given to Honda Tadakatsu.[1] The castle was also known as "Odaki-jō" (小田喜城). | ||||||
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| Type： flatland-style Japanese castle Builder ： 1590 Buildyear ： Honda Tadakatsu |