List of foreign-style castles in Japan
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This is a list of foreign-style castles in Japan. In Japan, the word '城(shiro) has broader meanings than western world, so this list includes the buildings near to fortresses.
Castle[1] | Image | Location | First Built | Type | Status |
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Mizuki Castle | Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture | 663 | Korean style defensive wall? | Ruins | |
Nagato Castle | Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture? | 665 | Korean-style fortress | unknown location | |
Ōno Castle | Ōnojō, Fukuoka Prefecture | 665 | Korean-style fortress | Ruins | |
Kii Castle | Kiyama, Saga Prefecture | 665 | Korean-style fortress | Ruins | |
Takayasu Castle | Heguri, Nara Prefecture | 667 | Korean-style fortress | Ruins | |
Yashima Castle | Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture | 667 | Korean-style fortress | Ruins,restored stonewall | |
Kaneda Castle | Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture | 667 | Korean-style fortress | Ruins | |
Kikuchi Castle | Yamaga, Kumamoto Prefecture | 698 | Korean-style fortress | Partially reconstructed | |
Mino Castle | unknown | 699 | Korean-style fortress | unknown location | |
Inazumi castle | unknown | 699 | Korean-style fortress | unknown location | |
Mio Castle | Takashima, Shiga Prefecture? | 672 | Korean-style fortress? | unknown location | |
Ibara Castle | Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture? | 719 | Korean-style fortress | unknown location | |
Tsune Castle | Fuchū, Hiroshima Prefecture? | 719 | Korean-style fortress | unknown location | |
Kiyama Castle | Tatsuno, Hyogo, Hyogo Prefecture | unknown | Kōgoishi | Ruins | |
Ōmeguri Komeguri-san Castle | Okayama, Okayama Prefecture | unknown | Kōgoishi | Ruins | |
Ki Castle | Sōja, Okayama Prefecture | unknown | Kōgoishi | Partially reconstructed | |
Iwaki-san Castle | Hikari, Yamaguchi prefecture | unknown | Kōgoishi | Ruins | |
Kiyama Castle | Sakaide, Kagawa prefecture | unknown | Kōgoishi | Ruins | |
Einōsan Castle | Saijō, Ehime Prefecture | unknown | Kōgoishi | Ruins | |
Kakenouma Castle | Iizuka, Fukuoka Prefecture | unknown | Kōgoishi | Ruins | |
Raizan Castle | Itoshima, Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture | unknown | Kōgoishi | Ruins | |
Hagi Castle | Asakura, Fukuoka Prefecture | unknown | Kōgoishi | Ruins | |
Ashiki-san Castle | Chikushino, Fukuoka Prefecture | unknown | Kōgoishi | Ruins | |
Kōra-san Castle | Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture | unknown | Kōgoishi | Ruins | |
Zoyama Castle | Miyama, Fukuoka Prefecture | unknown | Kōgoishi | Ruins | |
Goshogatani castle | Miyako, Fukuoka Prefecture | unknown | Kōgoishi | Ruins | |
Tōbaru-san Castle | Kōge, Fukuoka prefecture | unknown | Kōgoishi | Ruins | |
Obukuma-yama Castle | Saga, Saga prefecture | unknown | Kōgoishi | Ruins | |
Otsubo-yama Castle | Takeo, Saga, Saga Prefecture | unknown | Kōgoishi | Ruins | |
Castle | Image | Location | First Built | Type | Status |
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Ito Castle | Itoshima, Fukuoka Prefecture | 756-768[2][3] | Chinese style fortress[4] | Ruins |
Castle | Location | First Built | Type | Status |
---|---|---|---|---|
Fortified City of Nagasaki | Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture | 1580? | Citadel | Possible ruins remains[5] |
Castle | Image | Location | First Built | Type | Status |
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Goryōkaku | Hakodate, Hokkaido | 1855 | Vauban style star fort[6] | Reconstructed | |
Tatsuoka Castle | Saku, Nagano Prefecture | 1864-1867 | Vauban style star fort[7] | One Building remains | |
Shiryōkaku | Hakodate, Hokkaido | 1869 | French style bastion fort[8] | Ruins | |
Shichiryōkaku | Nanae, Hokkaido | ? | French style bastion fort[8] | Ruins |
Castle | Image | Location | First Built | Western style buildings installed | Remaining French-style building |
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Shibata Castle | Shibata, Niigata Prefecture | Kamakura period | Meiji period | barracks[9] | |
Nagoya Castle | Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture | Sengoku period | Meiji period | barracks (relocated to Meiji-mura)[10] | |
Matsuyama Castle | Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture | 1603 | 1922 | villa[11] |
Castle | Image | Location | First Built | Western style buildings installed | Remaining English style buildings |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Osaka Castle | Osaka, Osaka Prefecture | 1583 | Meiji period | Headquarters of the 4th Division of the Imperial Japanese Army (now Miraiza Osaka-jo)[13] |
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