| 1．Kyōgoku clan ruins | ||||||
| The Kyōgoku clan ruins (京極氏遺跡, Kyōgoku-shi iseki) is a group archaeological sites in the Johei neighborhood of the city of Maibara, Shiga prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan, connected with the Muromachi period rulers of northern Ōmi province, the Kyōgoku clans. The sites have protected as a National Historic Site from 2004.[1] | ||||||
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| 2．Sakamoto Castle | ||||||
| Sakamoto Castle (坂本城, Sakamoto-jō) was a lakeside castle in the Sengoku period, located in Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan.[1] Akechi Mitsuhide was the commander of the castle.[2] | ||||||
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| Type： Mizu style castle Builder ： 1571 Buildyear ： Akechi Mitsuhide | ||||||
| 3．Zeze Castle | ||||||
| Zeze Castle (膳所城, Zeze-jō), is a hirashiro-style Japanese castle located in eastern part of the city of Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. | ||||||
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| Type： hirashiro-style Japanese castle Builder ： 1601 (1601) Buildyear ： Tokugawa Ieyasu | ||||||
| 4．Sawayama Castle | ||||||
| Sawayama Castle (佐和山城, Sawayama-jō) was a castle in the city of Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. This castle was an important military stronghold of Ōmi Province. The Azai clan held this castle in the Sengoku Period. Niwa Nagahide held it after the ruin of the Azai clan and later, Ishida Mitsunari in the end of the 16th century. | ||||||
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| 5．Hikone Castle | ||||||
| Hikone Castle (彦根城, Hikone-jō) is a Japanese Edo-period Japanese castle located in the city of Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. It is considered the most significant historical site in Shiga. The site has been protected as a National Historic Site since 1951.[1] Hikone is one of only twelve castles in Japan with its original tenshu, and one of only five castles listed as a National Treasure. | ||||||
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| Type： Hirayama-style Japanese castle Builder ： 1603–1622 Buildyear ： Ii Naokatsu | ||||||
| 6．Odani Castle | ||||||
| Odani Castle (小谷城, Odani-jō) was a Sengoku period mountain-top Japanese castle located in the former town of Kohoku, now part of Nagahama city, in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. Only the ruins remain today. It was the home castle of the Azai clan and the mountain it was built upon was considered to be impregnable. The castle fell during Oda Nobunaga's siege in the Genki and Tenshō eras (Siege of Odani Castle), in 1573.[1] Its ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 2005.[2] | ||||||
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| Type： Yamashiro-style Japanese castle Builder ： 1516 Buildyear ： Azai Sukemasa | ||||||
| 7．Genbao Castle | ||||||
| Genbao Castle (玄蕃尾城, Genbao-jō) was a Sengoku period yamashiro-style Japanese castle located in the border area of what is now part of the cities of Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture and Nagahama in Shiga Prefecture in the Hokuriku region of Honshu, Japan. The ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 1999.[1] | ||||||
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| Type： yamashiro-style Japanese castle Builder ： Sengoku period Buildyear ： Shibata Katsuie (?) | ||||||
| 8．Nagahama Castle | ||||||
| Nagahama Castle (長浜城, Nagahama-jō) is a hirashiro (castle on a plain) located in Nagahama, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. | ||||||
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| Type： Flatland Builder ： 1573 (1573) | ||||||
| 9．Azuchi Castle | ||||||
| Azuchi Castle (安土城, Azuchi-jō) was one of the primary castles of Oda Nobunaga located in the Azuchi neighborhood of the city of Ōmihachiman, Shiga Prefecture. The site of the castle was designated a National Historic Site in 1926, with the designation upgraded to that of a Special National Historic Site in 1952.[1] The castle is located within the grounds of the Biwako Quasi-National Park. | ||||||
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| Type： Azuchi-Momoyama castle Builder ： 1579 Buildyear ： Oda Nobunaga | ||||||
| 10．Kannonji Castle | ||||||
| Kannonji Castle (観音寺城, Kannonji-jō) was a Sengoku period yamashiro-style Japanese castle located in what is now the Azuchi neighborhood of the city of Ōmihachiman, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. The ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 1982, with the area under protection expanded in 1984.[1] The castle was named after Kannonshō-ji, a Buddhist temple near the peak of the mountain. | ||||||
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| Type： Mountain castle (山城) Builder ： c.1468 Buildyear ： Rokkaku clan | ||||||
| 11．Hachimanyama Castle | ||||||
| Hachimanyama Castle (八幡山城, Hachimanyama-jō) was a castle in Ōmihachiman, Japan, on the eastern shore of Lake Biwa in Shiga prefecture. It was the home castle of Toyotomi Hidetsugu, the nephew of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.[1][2] | ||||||
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| Type： Mountaintop style castle Builder ： 1585 Buildyear ： Toyotomi Hidetsugu | ||||||
| 12．Minakuchi Okayama Castle | ||||||
| Minakuchi Okayama Castle (水口岡山城, Minakuchi Okayama jō) was a Sengoku period Japanese castle located in what is now the city of Kōka, Shiga Prefecture, in the Kansai region of Japan. Its ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 2017.[1] | ||||||
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| Type： hirayama-style Japanese castle Builder ： 1583 Buildyear ： Nakamura Kazuuji | ||||||
| 13．Minakuchi Castle | ||||||
| Minakuchi Castle (水口城, Minakuchi-jō), is a hirashiro-style Japanese castle located in the former town of Minakuchi, in the city of Kōka, Shiga Prefecture, Japan. The castle is also known as Hekisui Castle | ||||||
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| Type： hirashiro-style Japanese castle Builder ： 1634 (1634) Buildyear ： Tokugawa Iemitsu | ||||||
| 14．Shimizuyama Castle | ||||||
| Shimizuyama Castle (清水山城, Shimizuyama-jō) is a Kamakura to Sengoku period Japanese castle located in the former town of Shin'asahi, now part of Takashima city, in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. It was had curved rings arranged in three directions around the main enclosure, and the site of the vassals and other buildings at the foot of the mountain. Its ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 2004.[1] | ||||||
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| Type： Yamashiro-style Japanese castle Builder ： 1235 Buildyear ： Sasaki Takanobu | ||||||
| 15．Kamaha Castle | ||||||
| Kamaha Castle (鎌刃城, Kamaha jō) was a Sengoku period yamashiro-style Japanese castle located in the Banba neighborhood of the city of Maibara, Shiga Prefecture, in the Kansai region of Japan. Its ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 2005.[1] | ||||||
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| Type： yamashiro-style Japanese castle Builder ： 15th century Buildyear ： Hori clan |