# Continued 100 Fine Castles of Japan

The Continued 100 Fine Castles of Japan or Continued Top 100 Japanese Castles (日本続百名城, Nihon Zoku Hyaku-Meijō) is a list of 100 castles, intended as a sequel of 100 Fine Castles of Japan. The castles were chosen for their significance in culture, history, and in their regions by the Japanese Castle Foundation (日本城郭協会, Nihon Jōkaku Kyōkai) in 2017.

## Hokkaidō region

| Nama | Prefecture | City | Year completed | Prominent Castle Lord | Photo |
| Shinori Date 志苔館 | Hokkaido | Hakodate | ? | | |
| Katsuyama Date 勝山館 | Hokkaido | Kaminokuni | 1473 | Takeda Nobuhiro | |

## Tōhoku region

| Nama | Prefecture | City | Year completed | Prominent Castle Lord |
| Namioka Castle 浪岡城 | Aomori | Aomori | 15C | |
| Kunohe Castle 九戸城 | Iwate | Ninohe | 15C | Kunohe Masazane |
| Shiroishi Castle 白石城 | Miyagi | Shiroishi | 12C | Amakasu Kagetsugu / Katakura Kagetsuna |
| Wakimoto Castle 脇本城 | Akita | Oga | 15C | Andō Chikasue |
| Akita Castle 秋田城 | Akita | Akita | 733 | Abeno Yakamaro |
| Tsurugaoka Castle 鶴ヶ岡城 | Yamagata | Tsuruoka | 12C | |
| Yonezawa Castle 米沢城 | Yamagata | Yonezawa | 12C | Date Terumune / Date Masamune / Uesugi Kagekatsu / Naoe Kanetsugu |
| Miharu Castle 三春城 | Fukushima | Tamura | 16C? | Tamura Kiyoaki |
| Mukaihaguroyama Castle 向羽黒山城 | Fukushima | Aizumisato | 1568 | Ashina Moriuji |

## Kantō region

| Nama | Prefecture | City | Year completed | Prominent Castle Lord |
| Kasama Castle 笠間城 | Ibaraki | Kasama | 1219 | Matsudaira Yasushige |
| Tsuchiura Castle 土浦城 | Ibaraki | Tsuchiura | 15C | Oda Ujiharu |
| Karasawa Castle 唐沢山城 | Tochigi | Sano | 10C | Fujiwara Hidesato |
| Nagurumi Castle 名胡桃城 | Gunma | Minakami | 16C | Suzuki Norishige |
| Numata Castle 沼田城 | Gunma | Numata | 1532 | Sanada Nobuyuki |
| Iwabitsu Castle 岩櫃城 | Gunma | Higashiagatsuma | 1552 | Sanada Yukitaka, Sanada Masayuki |
| Oshi Castle 忍城 | Saitama | Gyōda | 1479 | Narita Yasusue |
| Sugiyama Castle 杉山城 | Saitama | Ranzan | ? | |
| Sugaya Yakata 菅谷館 | Saitama | Ranzan | ? | Hatakeyama Shigetada |
| Moto Sakura Castle 本佐倉城 | Chiba | Shisui | ? | Matsudaira Tadateru, Doi Toshikatsu |
| Ōtaki Castle 大多喜城 | Chiba | Ōtaki | ? | Honda Tadakatsu |
| Takiyama Castle 滝山城 | Tokyo | Hachiōji | 1521 | Hōjō Ujiteru |
| Shinagawa Daiba 品川台場 | Tokyo | Minato-ku | 1853 | |
| Kozukue Castle 小机城 | Kanagawa | Kōhoku-ku | 14C | Ujimitsu Hōjō |
| Ishigakiyama Castle 石垣山城 | Kanagawa | Odawara | 1592 | Toyotomi Hideyoshi |

## Kōshin'etsu region

| Nama | Prefecture | City | Year completed | Prominent Castle Lord |
| Shinpu Castle 新府城 | Yamanashi | Nirasaki | 1582 | Takeda Katsuyori |
| Yōgaiyama Castle 要害山城 | Yamanashi | Kōfu | 1520 | Takeda Nobutora / Takeda Shingen |
| Tatsuoka Castle 龍岡城 | Nagano | Saku | 1864-67 | |
| Takashima Castle 高島城 | Nagano | Suwa | 1592 | Suwa Yoritada |
| Murakami Castle 村上城 | Niigata | Murakami | 16C | Honjō Shigenaga |
| Takada Castle 高田城 | Niigata | Jōetsu | 1614 | Matsudaira Tadateru |
| Samegao Castle 鮫ヶ尾城 | Niigata | Myōkō | 16C | Horie Munechika |

## Hokuriku region

| Nama | Prefecture | City | Year completed | Prominent Castle Lord |
| Toyama Castle 富山城 | Toyama | Toyama (city) | 1543 | Jinbō Nagamoto / Sassa Narimasa |
| Masuyama Castle 増山城 | Toyama | Tonami | 14C | Jinbō Nagamoto / Sassa Narimasa |
| Torigoe Castle 鳥越城 | Ishikawa | Hakusan | 1573 | Sengoku Hidehisa |
| Fukui Castle 福井城 | Fukui | Fukui (city) | 1573/1606 | Shibata Katsuie / Yūki Hideyasu |
| Echizen Ōno Castle 越前大野城 | Fukui | Ōno | 1580 | Kanamori Nagachika |
| Kuniyoshi Castle 国吉城 | Fukui | Mihama | 1556 | Kimura Shigekore |
| Genbao Castle 玄蕃尾城 | Fukui / Shiga | | 1582? | Shibata Katsuie |

## Tōkai region

| Nama | Prefecture | City | Year completed | Prominent Castle Lord |
| Gujō Hachiman Castle 郡上八幡城 | Gifu | Gujō | 1559 | Inaba Sadamichi |
| Naegi Castle 苗木城 | Gifu | Nakatsugawa | 14C | Tōyama Tomomasa |
| Kaneyama Castle 金山城 | Gifu | Kani | 1537 | Mori Yoshinari |
| Ōgaki Castle 大垣城 | Gifu | Ōgaki | 1500 | Ujiie Naotomo |
| Kōkokuji Castle 興国寺城 | Shizuoka | Numazu | 14C | Hōjō Sōun? |
| Suwahara Castle 諏訪原城 | Shizuoka | Shimada | 1573 | Imagawa Ujizane |
| Takatenjin Castle 高天神城 | Shizuoka | Kakegawa | 16C | Okabe Motonobu |
| Hamamatsu Castle 浜松城 | Shizuoka | Hamamatsu | 1504-20 | Tokugawa Ieyasu |
| Komakiyama Castle 小牧山城 | Aichi | Komaki | 14C | Oda Nobunaga |
| Furumiya Castle 古宮城 | Aichi | Shinshiro | 1575? | Ōkuma Tomohide?　/ Obata Masamori? |
| Yoshida Castle 吉田城 | Aichi | Toyohashi | 1505 | Matsudaira Nagachika / Sakai Tadatsugu |
| Tsu Castle 津城 | Mie | Tsu | 1558 | Oda Nobukane |
| Tage Kitabatakeshi Jōkan 北畠館 | Mie | Tsu | ? | Kitabatake Tomonori |
| Tamaru Castle 田丸城 | Mie | Tamaki | 12C | Oda Nobukatsu |
| Akagi Castle 赤木城 | Mie | Kumano | 1589 | Todo Takatora |

## Kansai region

| Nama | Prefecture | City | Year completed | Prominent Castle Lord |
| Kamaha Castle 鎌刃城 | Shiga | Maibara | 135C | Hori Hidemura |
| Hachimanyama Castle 八幡山城 | Shiga | Ōmihachiman | 1585 | Toyotomi Hidetsugu |
| Fukuchiyama Castle 福知山城 | Kyoto Prefecture | Fukuchiyama | 1579 | Akechi Hidemitsu |
| Akutagawayama Castle 芥川山城 | Osaka Prefecture | Takatsuki | 1515 | Miyoshi Nagayoshi |
| Iimoriyama Castle 飯盛山城 | Osaka Prefecture | Shijōnawate | 1333-1338 | Miyoshi Nagayoshi |
| Kishiwada Castle 岸和田城 | Osaka Prefecture | Kishiwada | 1394 | Miyoshi Yoshikata |
| Arikoyama Castle/ Izushi Castle 有子山城/ 出石城 | Hyōgo | Toyooka | 1574 / 1604 | Yamana Suketoyo |
| Kuroi Castle 黒井城 | Hyōgo Prefecture | Tanba | 14C | Akai Naomasa Saitō Toshimitsu |
| Sumoto Castle 洲本城 | Hyōgo Prefecture | Sumoto | 14C | Atagi Fuyuyasu |
| Kōriyama Castle 郡山城 | Nara Prefecture | Yamatokōriyama | 1162 | Tsutsui Junkei Toyotomi Hidenaga |
| Uda Matsuyama Castle 宇陀松山城 | Nara Prefecture | Uda | 15C | Fukushima Takaharu |
| Shingū Castle 新宮城 | Wakayama Prefecture | Shingū | 1618 | Mizuno Shigenaga |

## Chūgoku region

| Nama | Prefecture | City | Year completed | Prominent Castle Lord |
| Wakasa Oniga Castle 若桜鬼ヶ城 | Tottori | Wakasa | 13C | Yamanaka Yukimori |
| Yonago Castle 米子城 | Tottori | Yonago | 15C | Kikkawa Hiroie |
| Hamada Castle 浜田城 | Shimane | Hamada | 1620 | Sengoku Hidehisa |
| Bitchu Takamatsu Castle 高松城 | Okayama | Okayama | 16C | Shimizu Muneharu |
| Mihara Castle 三原城 | Hiroshima | Mihara | 12C | Kobayakawa Takakage |
| Niitakayama Castle 新高山城 | Hiroshima | Mihara | 1552 | Kobayakawa Takakage |
| Kōnomine Castle/ Ōuchi-shi Yakata 高嶺城/ 大内氏館 | Yamaguchi | Yamaguchi (city) | 1556 / 14C | Ōuchi Yoshinaga |

## Shikoku region

| Nama | Prefecture | City | Year completed | Prominent Castle Lord |
| Shōzui Castle 勝瑞城 | Tokushima | Tokushima | 12C | Miyoshi Yoshikata |
| Ichinomiya Castle 一宮城 | Tokushima | Tokushima | 1338 | Ogasawara Narisuke |
| Hiketa Castle 引田城 | Kagawa | Higashikagawa | Unknown | Sengoku Hidehisa |
| Noshima Castle 能島城 | Ehime | Imabari | 14C | Murakami Takeyoshi |
| Kagomori Castle 河後森城 | Ehime | Kitauwa | 12C | |
| Okō Castle 岡豊城 | Kōchi | Nankoku | 13-14C | Chōsokabe Motochika |

## Kyūshū region

| Nama | Prefecture | City | Year completed | Prominent Castle Lord |
| Kokura Castle 小倉城 | Fukuoka Prefecture | Kitakyushu | 1569 | Hosokawa Tadaoki |
| Mizuki Castle 水城 | Fukuoka | Dazaifu | 654 | |
| Kurume Castle 久留米城 | Fukuoka | Kurume | 1504-1521 | Kobayakawa Hidekane |
| Kii Castle 基肄城 | Saga Prefecture | Chikushino | 665 | |
| Karatsu Castle 唐津城 | Saga | Karatsu | 1608 | Terazawa Hirotaka |
| Kaneda Castle 金田城 | Nagasaki | Tsushima Province | 667 | |
| Ishida Castle 石田城 | Nagasaki | Gotō | 1863 | Gotō Morinori |
| Hara Castle 原城 | Nagasaki | Minamishimabara | 1496 | Amakusa Shirō |
| Kikuchi Castle 鞠智城 | Kumamoto | Kikuchi | after 663 | |
| Yatsushiro Castle 八代城 | Kumamoto | Yatsushiro | 1622 | |
| Nakatsu Castle 中津城 | Ōita | Nakatsu | 1588 | Kuroda Kanbei / Hosokawa Tadaoki |
| Tsunomure Castle 角牟礼城 | Ōita | Yatsushiro | 1277-88 | Mori Takamasa |
| Usuki Castle 臼杵城 | Ōita | Usuki | 1562 | Ōtomo Sōrin |
| Saiki Castle 佐伯城 | Ōita | Saiki | 1606 | Mori Takamasa |
| Nobeoka Castle 延岡城 | Miyazaki | Nobeoka | 1606 | Takahashi Mototane |
| Sadowara Castle 佐土原城 | Miyazaki | Miyazaki | 14C | Itō Yoshisuke / Shimazu Toyohisa |
| Shibushi Castle 志布志城 | Kagoshima | Shibushi | ? | Niiro Korehisa |
| Chiran Castle 知覧城 | Kagoshima | Minamikyūshū | 12C | |

## Okinawa region

| Nama | Prefecture | City | Year completed | Prominent Lord | Photo |
| Zakimi Castle 座喜味城 | Okinawa | Nakagami | 1416-22 | Gosamaru | |
| Katsuren Castle 勝連城 | Okinawa | Uruma | 14C | Amawari | |