# List of foreign-style castles in Japan

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.

## Korean style castles

| Castle | Location | First Built | Type | Status |
| 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 |

## Chinese style castle

| Castle | Image | Location | First Built | Type | Status |
| Ito Castle | | Itoshima, Fukuoka Prefecture | 756-768 | Chinese style fortress | Ruins |

## Portuguese style castle

| Castle | Location | First Built | Type | Status |
| Fortified City of Nagasaki | Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture | 1580? | Citadel | Possible ruins remains |

## French style castles
### French style bastion fort

| Castle | Location | First Built | Type | Status |
| Goryōkaku | Hakodate, Hokkaido | 1855 | Vauban style star fort | Reconstructed |
| Tatsuoka Castle | Saku, Nagano Prefecture | 1864-1867 | Vauban style star fort | One Building remains |
| Shiryōkaku | Hakodate, Hokkaido | 1869 | French style bastion fort | Ruins |
| Shichiryōkaku | Nanae, Hokkaido | ? | French style bastion fort | Ruins |

### Japanese castles with French-style buildings

| Castle | Location | First Built | Western style buildings installed | Remaining French-style building |
| Shibata Castle | Shibata, Niigata Prefecture | Kamakura period | Meiji period | barracks |
| Nagoya Castle | Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture | Sengoku period | Meiji period | barracks (relocated to Meiji-mura) |
| Matsuyama Castle | Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture | 1603 | 1922 | villa |
* Other Japanese castles stationed by French style Japanese troops includes Sakura Castle, Utsunomiya Castle, Takasaki Castle, Sendai Castle, Kanazawa Castle, Osaka Castle, Himeji Castle, Hiroshima Castle, Marugame Castle, Kumamoto Castle, Kokura Castle, and Fukuoka Castle.

## English style castle
### Japanese castles with English-style buildings

| 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) |