Japanese Castles 日本の城 Photo Gallery by Matthew Haswell at pbase.com

Japanese Castles 日本の城

A collection of the feudal-era castles of Japan, including all 12 of the country's intact, original donjons, along with numerous ruins and modern reconstructions. The pictures span from the south of Hokkaidō down through the main island of Okinawa.

For an excellent resource on Japanese castles, visit Jcastle.info.

Matsumae-jō 松前城	Hirosaki-jō 弘前城	Ne-jō 根城	Kubota-jō 久保田城
Morioka-jō 盛岡城	Yokote-jō 横手城	Tsurugaoka-jō 鶴ヶ岡城	Yamagata-jō 山形城
Kaminoyama-jō 上山城	Aoba-jō 青葉城	Shiroishi-jō 白石城	Nihonmatsu-jō 二本松城
Tsuruga-jō 鶴ヶ城	Komine-jō 小峰城	Utsunomiya-jō 宇都宮城	Takasaki-jō 高崎城
Edo-jō 江戸城	Odawara-jō 小田原城	Kōfu-jō 甲府城	Shibata-jō 新発田城
Takada-jō 高田城	Matsumoto-jō 松本城	Takashima-jō 高島城	Sumpu-jō 駿府城
Kakegawa-jō 掛川城	Hamamatsu-jō 浜松城	Yoshida-jō 吉田城	Tahara-jō 田原城
Okazaki-jō 岡崎城	Nishio-jō 西尾城	Iwasaki-jō 岩崎城	Shichishū-jō 七州城
Nagoya-jō 名古屋城	Kiyosu-jō 清洲城	Komaki-jō 小牧城	Inuyama-jō 犬山城
Iwamura-jō 岩村城	Gifu-jō 岐阜城	Ōgaki-jō 大垣城	Sunomata-jō 墨俣城
Takayama-jō 高山城	Gujō Hachiman-jō 郡上八幡城	Toyama-jō 富山城	Kanazawa-jō 金沢城
Echizen Ōno-jō 越前大野城	Maruoka-jō 丸岡城	Obama-jō 小浜城	Nagahama-jō 長浜城
Hikone-jō 彦根城	Azuchi-jō 安土城	Minakuchi-jō 水口城	Kuwana-jō 桑名城
Tsu-jō 津城	Kameyama-jō (Mie) 亀山城	Matsusaka-jō 松坂城	Iga Ueno-jō 伊賀上野城
Kōriyama-jō 郡山城	Fushimi-jō 伏見城	Nijō-jō 二条城	Fukuchiyama-jō 福知山城
Ōsaka-jō 大阪城	Kishiwada-jō 岸和田城	Wakayama-jō 和歌山城	Akashi-jō 明石城
Himeji-jō 姫路城	Takeda-jō 竹田城	Tatsuno-jō 龍野城	Akō-jō 赤穂城
Tokushima-jō 徳島城	Takamatsu-jō 高松城	Marugame-jō 丸亀城	Imabari-jō 今治城
Iyo-Matsuyama-jō 伊予松山城	Ōzu-jō 大洲城	Uwajima-jō 宇和島城	Kōchi-jō 高知城
Okayama-jō 岡山城	Bitchū-Matsuyama-jō 備中松山城	Tottori-jō 鳥取城	Hiroshima-jō 広島城
Matsue-jō 松江城	Tsuwano-jō 津和野城	Iwakuni-jō 岩国城	Hagi-jō 萩城
Kokura-jō 小倉城	Fukuoka-jō 福岡城	Nakatsu-jō 中津城	Kifune-jō 貴船城
Saga-jō 佐賀城	Karatsu-jō 唐津城	Nagoya-jō (Hizen Province) 名護屋城 (肥前国)	Hirado-jō 平戸城
Kumamoto-jō 熊本城	Shuri-jō 首里城

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Vickie BROWN		03-Aug-2011 15:42
Nice shot of the amazing architecture!

joseantonio		06-Jun-2010 11:42
Amazing gallery

Monique Trempe		30-Oct-2009 18:06
Very nice architecture, good collection. V

Andr� Bessot		19-Apr-2009 05:37
Thank you for this virtual trip in medieval Japan and your fine pictures. V

Matthew Haswell		07-Apr-2007 01:32
For most of these castles, I don't really have any interior photos. In many cases that's simply because the insides of reconstructed castles are modern and bland. In the others (the originals) it's just been difficult to get a good, representative shot.

Raymond		06-Apr-2007 19:39
Absolutly loved this gallery, the comments were great.... how can we see the inside of those castles ? Great images

Tom		27-May-2006 08:14
Amazing gallery. It's nice to see photos with some comments. I admire your work!

Jim Ross		13-Oct-2005 08:27
Nice gallery....

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