# 100 Fine Castles of Japan

The castles in Top 100 Japanese Castles or 100 Fine Castles of Japan (日本百名城, Nihon Hyaku-Meijō) were chosen based on their significance in culture, history, and in their regions by the Japanese Castle Association (日本城郭協会, Nihon Jōkaku Kyōkai) in 2006.
In 2017, the Japanese Castle Association created an additional finest 100 castles list as Continued Top 100 Japanese Castles.

## Hokkaidō

| Name | Prefecture | City | Year completed | Built by |
| Nemuro Peninsula Chashi Site 根室半島チャシ跡群 | Hokkaido | Nemuro | From the 16C to the 18C | Ainu people アイヌ民族 |
| Goryōkaku 五稜郭 | Hokkaido | Hakodate | 1866 | Tokugawa shogunate 徳川軍和新政府軍 |
| Matsumae Castle 松前城 | Hokkaido | Matsumae | 1606 | Matsumae Takahiro 松前 崇広 |

## Tōhoku region

| Name | Prefecture | City | Year completed | Built by |
| Hirosaki Castle 弘前城 | Aomori | Hirosaki | 1611 | Tsugaru Tamenobu 津軽為信 Tsugaru Nobuhira 津軽信枚 |
| Ne Castle 根城 | Aomori | Hachinohe | 1334 | Moroyuki Nanbu 南部師行 |
| Morioka Castle 盛岡城 | Iwate | Morioka | 1598 | Nanbu Nobunao 南部信直 |
| Sendai Castle 仙台城 | Miyagi | Sendai | 1601 | Date Masamune 伊達政宗 |
| Taga Fort 多賀城 | Miyagi | Tagajō | 724 | Ōno no Azumabito 小野東人 |
| Kubota Castle 久保田城 | Akita | Akita | 1604 | Satake Yoshinobu 佐竹義宣 |
| Yamagata Castle 山形城 | Yamagata | Yamagata | 1356 | Shiba Kaneyori 斯波 兼頼 |
| Nihonmatsu Castle 二本松城 | Fukushima | Nihonmatsu | Muromachi period | Hatakeyama Mitsuyasu |
| Aizuwakamatsu Castle 会津若松城 | Fukushima | Aizuwakamatsu | 1384 | Ashina Naomori 蘆名直盛 |
| Komine Castle 小峰城 | Fukushima | Shirakawa | 1340 | Yūki Chikatomo |

## Kantō and Kōshin'etsu region

| Name | Prefecture | City | Year completed | Built by |
| Mito Castle 水戸城 | Ibaraki | Mito | 1198 | Baba Sukemoto |
| Banna-ji 鑁阿寺 | Tochigi | Ashikaga | 1196 | Minamoto no Yoshiyasu 源義康 |
| Minowa Castle 箕輪城 | Gunma | Takasaki | 1512 | Nagano Narihisa |
| Kanayama Castle 金山城 | Gunma | Ōta | 1469 | Iwamatsu Iezumi 岩松家純 |
| Hachigata Castle 鉢形城 | Saitama | Yorii | 1476 | Nagao Kageharu 長尾景春 |
| Kawagoe Castle 川越城 | Saitama | Kawagoe | 1457 | Uesugi Mochitomo 上杉持朝 |
| Sakura Castle 佐倉城 | Chiba | Sakura | Tenbun era | Kashima Chikamiki |
| Edo Castle 江戸城 | Tokyo | Chiyoda | 1457 | Ōta Dōkan 太田道灌 |
| Hachiōji Castle 八王子城 | Tokyo | Hachiōji | 1587 | Hōjō Ujiteru 北条氏照 |
| Odawara Castle 小田原城 | Kanagawa | Odawara | 1633 | Ōmori Yoriharu 大森頼春 |
| Tsutsujigasaki Castle 躑躅ヶ崎館 | Yamanashi | Kōfu | 1519 | Takeda Nobutora 武田信虎 |
| Kōfu Castle 甲府城 | Yamanashi | Kōfu | 1583 | Tokugawa Ieyasu 徳川家康 |
| Matsushiro Castle 松代城 | Nagano | Nagano | 1560 | Takeda Shingen 武田信玄 |
| Ueda Castle 上田城 | Nagano | Ueda | 1583 | Sanada Masayuki 真田昌幸 |
| Komoro Castle 小諸城 | Nagano | Komoro | 1554 | Takeda Shingen 武田信玄 |
| Matsumoto Castle 松本城 | Nagano | Matsumoto | 1504 | Shimadachi Sadanaga |
| Takatō Castle 高遠城 | Nagano | Ina | ? | ? |
| Shibata Castle 新発田城 | Niigata | Shibata | 1654? | Shibata clan? |
| Kasugayama Castle 春日山城 | Niigata | Jōetsu | Nanboku-chō period | Nagao clan Uesugi clan |

## Hokuriku region

| Name | Prefecture | City | Year completed | Built by |
| Takaoka Castle 高岡城 | Toyama | Takaoka | 1609 | Maeda Toshinaga |
| Nanao Castle 七尾城 | Ishikawa | Nanao | 1429 | Hatakeyama Mitsunori |
| Kanazawa Castle 金沢城 | Ishikawa | Kanazawa | 1580 | Sakuma Morimasa |
| Maruoka Castle 丸岡城 | Fukui | Sakai | 1576 | Shibata Katsutoyo |
| Ichijōdani Castle 一乗谷城 | Fukui | Fukui | Nanboku-chō period | Asakura clan |

## Tōkai region

| Name | Prefecture | City | Year completed | Built by |
| Iwamura Castle 岩村城 | Gifu | Ena | 1221 | Tōyama Kagetomo |
| Gifu Castle 岐阜城 | Gifu | Gifu | 1201 | Nikaidō Yukimasa |
| Yamanaka Castle 山中城 | Shizuoka | Mishima | 1570 | Hōjō Ujiyasu |
| Sunpu Castle 駿府城 | Shizuoka | Shizuoka | 1585 | Tokugawa Ieyasu |
| Kakegawa Castle 掛川城 | Shizuoka | Kakegawa | 1487 | Asahina Yasuhiro |
| Inuyama Castle 犬山城 | Aichi | Inuyama | 1469 | Oda Hirochika |
| Nagoya Castle 名古屋城 | Aichi | Nagoya | 1609 | Tokugawa Ieyasu |
| Okazaki Castle 岡崎城 | Aichi | Okazaki | 1452? | Saigō clan |
| Nagashino Castle 長篠城 | Aichi | Shinshiro | 1508 | Suganuma Motonari |
| Iga Ueno Castle 伊賀上野城 | Mie | Iga | 1585 | Tsutsui Sadatsugu |
| Matsusaka Castle 松阪城 | Mie | Matsusaka | 1588 | Gamō Ujisato |

## Kansai region

| Name | Prefecture | City | Year completed | Built by |
| Odani Castle 小谷城 | Shiga | Kohoku | 1516 | Azai Sukemasa |
| Hikone Castle 彦根城 | Shiga | Hikone | 1622 | Ii Naokatsu |
| Azuchi Castle 安土城 | Shiga | Ōmihachiman | 1576 | Oda Nobunaga |
| Kannonji Castle 観音寺城 | Shiga | Ōmihachiman | 1487 | Rokkaku Ujiyori |
| Nijō Castle 二条城 | Kyoto | Kyoto | 1603 | Tokugawa Ieyasu |
| Osaka Castle 大坂城 | Osaka | Osaka | 1583 | Toyotomi Hideyoshi |
| Chihaya Castle 千早城 | Osaka | Chihayaakasaka | 1332 | Kusunoki Masashige |
| Takeda Castle 竹田城 | Hyōgo | Asago | 1431 | Yamana Sōzen |
| Sasayama Castle 篠山城 | Hyōgo | Sasayama | 1609 | Tokugawa Ieyasu |
| Akashi Castle 明石城 | Hyōgo | Akashi | 1618 | Ogasawara Tadazane |
| Himeji Castle 姫路城 | Hyōgo | Himeji | 1346 | Akamatsu Sadanori |
| Akō Castle 赤穂城 | Hyōgo | Akō | 1483 | Oka Mitsuhiro |
| Takatori Castle 高取城 | Nara | Takatori | 1332 | Ochi Kunizumi |
| Wakayama Castle 和歌山城 | Wakayama | Wakayama | 1586 | Toyotomi Hidenaga |

## Chūgoku region

| Name | Prefecture | City | Year completed | Built by |
| Tottori Castle 鳥取城 | Tottori | Tottori | 1555 | Yamana clan |
| Matsue Castle 松江城 | Shimane | Matsue | 1611 | Horio Tadauji |
| Gassantoda Castle 月山富田城 | Shimane | Yasugi | 1185? | Sasaki Yoshikiyo? |
| Tsuwano Castle 津和野城 | Shimane | Tsuwano | 1295 | Yoshimi Yoriyuki |
| Tsuyama Castle 津山城 | Okayama | Tsuyama | 1444 | Yamashina Tadamasa |
| Bitchū Matsuyama Castle 備中松山城 | Okayama | Takahashi | 1240 | Akiba Shigenobu |
| Ki castle 鬼ノ城 | Okayama | Sōja | 7C? | Yamato court? |
| Okayama Castle 岡山城 | Okayama | Okayama | 1369 | Uwagami Takanao |
| Fukuyama Castle 福山城 | Hiroshima | Fukuyama | 1622 | Mizuno Katsunari |
| Yoshida-Kōriyama Castle 吉田郡山城 | Hiroshima | Akitakata | 1336 | Mōri Tokichika |
| Hiroshima Castle 広島城 | Hiroshima | Hiroshima | 1589 | Mōri Terumoto |
| Iwakuni Castle 岩国城 | Yamaguchi | Iwakuni | 1601 | Kikkawa Hiroie |
| Hagi Castle 萩城 | Yamaguchi | Hagi | 1604 | Mōri Terumoto |

## Shikoku region

| Name | Prefecture | City | Year completed | Built by |
| Tokushima Castle 徳島城 | Tokushima | Tokushima | 1585 | Hachisuka Iemasa |
| Takamatsu Castle 高松城 | Kagawa | Takamatsu | 1590 | Ikoma Chikamasa |
| Marugame Castle 丸亀城 | Kagawa | Marugame | Muromachi period | Nara Motoyasu |
| Imabari Castle 今治城 | Ehime | Imabari | 1602 | Tōdō Takatora |
| Matsuyama Castle 松山城 | Ehime | Matsuyama | 1602 | Katō Yoshiaki |
| Yuzuki Castle 湯築城 | Ehime | Matsuyama | 14C | Kōno clan |
| Ōzu Castle 大洲城 | Ehime | Ōzu | 1331 | Utsunomiya Toyofusa |
| Uwajima Castle 宇和島城 | Ehime | Uwajima | 1586 | Tachibana no Tōyasu |
| Kōchi Castle 高知城 | Kōchi | Kōchi | 1603 | Yamauchi Kazutoyo |

## Kyūshū region

| Name | Prefecture | City | Year completed | Built by |
| Fukuoka Castle 福岡城 | Fukuoka | Fukuoka | 1601 | Kuroda Nagamasa |
| Ōno Castle (Chikuzen Province) 大野城 | Fukuoka | Ōnojō | 665 | ? |
| Nagoya Castle 名護屋城 | Saga | Karatsu | 1591 | Toyotomi Hideyoshi |
| Yoshinogari site 吉野ヶ里遺跡 | Saga | Yoshinogari Kanzaki | Yayoi period | ? |
| Saga Castle 佐賀城 | Saga | Saga | 1602 | Nabeshima clan |
| Hirado Castle 平戸城 | Nagasaki | Hirado | 1599 | Matsura Shigenobu |
| Shimabara Castle 島原城 | Nagasaki | Shimabara | 1624 | Matsukura Shigemasa |
| Kumamoto Castle 熊本城 | Kumamoto | Kumamoto | 1467 | Ideta Hidenobu |
| Hitoyoshi Castle 人吉城 | Kumamoto | Hitoyoshi | Genkyū era | Sagara Nagayori |
| Funai Castle 府内城 | Ōita | Ōita | 1597 | Fukuhara Nagataka |
| Oka Castle 岡城 (豊後国) | Ōita | Taketa | 1185 | Ogata Koreyoshi |
| Obi Castle 飫肥城 | Miyazaki | Nichinan | Sengoku period | Tsuchimochi clan |
| Kagoshima Castle 鹿児島城 | Kagoshima | Kagoshima | 1602 | Shimazu Iehisa |

## Okinawa region

| Name | Prefecture | City | Year completed | Built by |
| Nakijin Castle 今帰仁城 | Okinawa | Nakijin | 13C? | Haniji? |
| Nakagusuku Castle 中城城 | Okinawa | Kitanakagusuku | 1440 | Gosamaru |
| Shuri Castle 首里城 | Okinawa | Naha | 14C? | King of Chūzan |