| 1．Okishio Castle | ||||||
| Okioshio Castle (置塩城, Okioshio-jō) is the remains of a Muromachi period Japanese castle structure located in the city of Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Its ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site as one of the Remains of Akamatsu-shi Castles, combining both Shirahata Castle and Kanjōsan Castle, since 1996.[1] [2] It is also referred to as "Ojio Castle" after an alternative pronunciation of the kanji in its name. | ||||||
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| Type： Yamajiro-style castle Builder ： 1469 Buildyear ： Akamatsu Masanori | ||||||
| 2．Himeji Castle | ||||||
| Himeji Castle (姫路城, Himeji-jō) ([çimeʑiꜜʑoː] ⓘ) is a hilltop Japanese castle complex situated in Himeji, a city in the Hyōgo Prefecture of Japan. The castle is regarded as the finest surviving example of prototypical Japanese castle architecture, comprising a network of 83 rooms with advanced defensive systems from the feudal period.[7] The castle is frequently known as Hakuro-jō or Shirasagi-jō ("White Egret Castle" or "White Heron Castle") because of its brilliant white exterior and supposed resemblance to a bird taking flight.[6][8] | ||||||
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| Type： Azuchi-Momoyama castle[1] Builder ： 1333, 1300 (Himeyama fort/castle)[3] 1581 (expansion)[3] 1601–1609 (expansion)[3] 1617–1618 (expansion)[4][5] Buildyear ： Akamatsu Norimura (1333–1346)[3] Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1581)[3] Ikeda Terumasa (1601–1609)[3] Honda Tadamasa (1617–1618)[4] | ||||||
| 3．Amagasaki Castle | ||||||
| Amagasaki Castle (尼崎城, Amagasaki-jō) was a flatland type Japanese castle located in the city of Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. The castle was the headquarters of Amagasaki Domain, which ruled this portion of northern Settsu Province under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo Period Japan. The castle was destroyed in the early Meiji period, but a portion was reconstructed in 2018.[1][2] | ||||||
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| Type： flatland-style Japanese castle) Builder ： 1617 Buildyear ： Toda Ujikane | ||||||
| 4．Akashi Castle | ||||||
| Akashi Castle (明石城, Akashi-jō) was an Edo period Japanese castle located in the city of Akashi, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It was also known as Kiharu Castle (喜春城, Kiharu-jō) or Kinkō Castle (錦江城, Kinkō-jō). Its ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 1957.[1] | ||||||
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| Type： flatland-style Japanese castle Builder ： 1617 to 1619 Buildyear ： Ogasawara Tadazane | ||||||
| 5．Sumoto Castle | ||||||
| Sumoto Castle (洲本城, Sumoto-jō) was a Muromachi to Sengoku period Japanese castle located in the Orodani neighborhood of the city of Sumoto, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Its ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 1999.[1] It was also referred to as Mikuma Castle (三熊城). | ||||||
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| Type： Yamajiro-style Japanese castle Builder ： 1526 | ||||||
| 6．Itami Castle | ||||||
| Itami Castle (伊丹城, Itami-jō) was a Muromachi period Japanese castle located in Kawabe District of northern Settsu Province (what is now the city of Itami, Hyōgo Prefecture), Japan. It is also called Arioka Castle (有岡城 or 在岡城, Arioka-jō).Its ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 1979.[1] The ruins of the castle are located just in front of today's Itami Station. | ||||||
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| Type： flatland-style Japanese castle Builder ： Nanboku-chō period Buildyear ： Itami clan | ||||||
| 7．Kanjōsan Castle | ||||||
| Kanjōsan Castle (感状山城, Kanjōsan-jō) is the remains of a Muromachi period Japanese castle structure located in the city of Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Its ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site as one of the Remains of Akamatsu-shi Castles, combining both Shirahata Castle and Okishio Castle, since 1996.[1][2] | ||||||
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| Type： Yamajiro-style castle Builder ： Kamakura period | ||||||
| 8．Arikoyama Castle | ||||||
| Arikoyama Castle (有子山城, Arikoyama-jō) was a Sengoku period Japanese castle located in the Izushi neighborhood of the city of Toyooka, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Its ruins, along with the ruins of nearby Konosumiyama Castle have been protected as a National Historic Site since 1934 under the designation "Yamana clan castle ruins"[1] | ||||||
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| Type： Mountaintop-style castle Builder ： 1574 Buildyear ： Yamana Toyosuke | ||||||
| 9．Izushi Castle | ||||||
| Izushi Castle (出石城, Izushi-jō) is a yamashiro, or castle situated on a hill, located in Izushi, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. | ||||||
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| 10．Konosumiyama Castle | ||||||
| Konosumiyama Castle (此隅山城, Konosumiyama-jō) was a Muromachi to Sengoku period Japanese castle located in the Izushi neighborhood of the city of Toyooka, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Its ruins, along with the ruins of nearby Arikoyama Castle have been protected as a National Historic Site since 1934 under the designation "Yamana clan castle ruins".[1] | ||||||
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| Type： Yamajiro-style Japanese castle Builder ： 15th century Buildyear ： Yamana Sozen | ||||||
| 11．Miki Castle | ||||||
| Miki Castle (三木城,, Miki-jō) was a Japanese castle in Miki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It was built by Bessho Nagaharu in the Sengoku period. Today some ruins and a partial reconstruction remain at the castle site, and its ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site, since 2013.[1] | ||||||
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| Type： Yamajiro-style castle Builder ： 1492 Buildyear ： Bessho Nagaharu | ||||||
| 12．Sasayama Castle | ||||||
| Sasayama Castle (篠山城, Sasayama-jō) is an early Edo Period Japanese castle located in the city of Tamba-Sasayama, Hyōgo, Japan. It ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 1956.[1] | ||||||
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| Type： Flatland-style Japanese castle Builder ： 1608 Buildyear ： Matsudaira Yasushige | ||||||
| 13．Yakami Castle | ||||||
| Yakami Castle (八上城, Yakami-jō) was a Sengoku period Japanese castle located in what is now part of the city of Tamba-Sasayama Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Its ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 2005.[1] The castle was one of the largest in Tanba Province, along with Kuroi Castle and Yagi Castle. It was the original base of power for the Hatano clan.[2] | ||||||
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| Type： Mountaintop style castle Builder ： 1508 Buildyear ： Hatano Motokiyo | ||||||
| 14．Yagi Castle | ||||||
| Yagi Castle (八木城, Yagi-jō) is a late Kamakura period Japanese castle located in the Yōka neighborhood of the city of Yabu, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Its ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 1997.[1] The ruins are regarded as historically important, as the site includes the traces of a Kamakura period feudal mansion, Muromachi period mountain castle with clay walls, and the ruins of a Sengoku period castle with stone walls. | ||||||
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| Type： Yamajiro-style Japanese castle Builder ： c.1063 | ||||||
| 15．Kuroi Castle | ||||||
| Kuroi Castle (黒井城, Kuroi-jō) was a Sengoku period Japanese castle located in what is now the Kasuga-cho neighborhood of the city of Tamba Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.[1] It was also called Hogetsu Castle (保月城, Hogetsu-jō) or Hōzuki Castle (保築城, Hōzuki-jō). Famous as the birthplace of Lady Kasuga, the wet nurse of Tokugawa Iemitsu,[2] it ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 1989.[3] | ||||||
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| Type： Yamajiro-style Japanese castle Builder ： 14c Buildyear ： Akamatsu Norisada | ||||||
| 16．Takeda Castle | ||||||
| Takeda Castle (竹田城, Takeda-jō) was a Sengoku period Japanese castle located in the Wadayama neighborhood of the city of Asago, in the northern part of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.[1] It is located north of Himeji, and north-west of Kyoto, and is situated some 353 metres above sea level[2] It is often referred to locally as the "Machu Picchu of Japan".[3] Its ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 1943. [4] | ||||||
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| Type： Mountaintop-style castle Builder ： c.1441 Buildyear ： Otagaki Mitsukage | ||||||
| 17．Shirahata Castle | ||||||
| Shirahata Castle (白旗城, Shirahata-jō) is the remains of a Muromachi period Japanese castle structure located in the town of Kamigōri, Akō District, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.[1] Its ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site as one of the Remains of Akamatsu-shi Castles, combining both Okishio Castle and Kanjōsan Castle, since 1996.[2][3] | ||||||
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| Type： Yamajiro-style castle Builder ： 1336 Buildyear ： Akamatsu Enshin | ||||||
| 18．Rikan Castle | ||||||
| Rikan Castle (利神城, Rikan-jō) was a Nanboku-chō to Sengoku period yamashiro-style Japanese castle located in the Hirafuku neighborhood of the town of Sayō, in far western Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. The ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 2017.[1] | ||||||
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| Type： yamashiro-style Japanese castle Builder ： 1349 |