Japan Castle Atlas
National register
Our listing status, prefecture by prefecture. These numbers are what this atlas has collected and checked so far — not the total number of castles in Japan.
Updated:
Download CSVPrefecture
Candidates
Confirmed
Basic info
In-depth
Photo checked
Visit info
Hokkaido
Candidates80
Confirmed25
Basic info25
In-depth3
Photo checked16
Visit info3
Aomori
Candidates344
Confirmed57
Basic info57
In-depth2
Photo checked15
Visit info2
Iwate
Candidates316
Confirmed61
Basic info61
In-depth1
Photo checked13
Visit info1
Miyagi
Candidates64
Confirmed34
Basic info34
In-depth2
Photo checked18
Visit info2
Akita
Candidates43
Confirmed34
Basic info34
In-depth1
Photo checked21
Visit info1
Yamagata
Candidates48
Confirmed41
Basic info41
In-depth1
Photo checked18
Visit info1
Fukushima
Candidates378
Confirmed67
Basic info67
In-depth3
Photo checked34
Visit info3
Ibaraki
Candidates110
Confirmed64
Basic info64
In-depth1
Photo checked30
Visit info1
Tochigi
Candidates75
Confirmed73
Basic info73
In-depth1
Photo checked32
Visit info1
Gunma
Candidates49
Confirmed42
Basic info42
In-depth2
Photo checked21
Visit info2
Saitama
Candidates58
Confirmed41
Basic info41
In-depth2
Photo checked23
Visit info2
Chiba
Candidates697
Confirmed123
Basic info123
In-depth1
Photo checked89
Visit info1
Tokyo
Candidates44
Confirmed33
Basic info33
In-depth2
Photo checked26
Visit info2
Kanagawa
Candidates82
Confirmed66
Basic info65
In-depth1
Photo checked31
Visit info1
Niigata
Candidates78
Confirmed69
Basic info69
In-depth2
Photo checked28
Visit info2
Toyama
Candidates77
Confirmed74
Basic info74
In-depth1
Photo checked41
Visit info1
Ishikawa
Candidates52
Confirmed22
Basic info22
In-depth2
Photo checked11
Visit info2
Fukui
Candidates33
Confirmed30
Basic info28
In-depth2
Photo checked22
Visit info2
Yamanashi
Candidates24
Confirmed24
Basic info23
In-depth2
Photo checked13
Visit info2
Nagano
Candidates142
Confirmed121
Basic info121
In-depth5
Photo checked53
Visit info5
Gifu
Candidates166
Confirmed139
Basic info139
In-depth2
Photo checked55
Visit info2
Shizuoka
Candidates197
Confirmed75
Basic info75
In-depth3
Photo checked46
Visit info3
Aichi
Candidates202
Confirmed179
Basic info179
In-depth4
Photo checked110
Visit info4
Mie
Candidates54
Confirmed43
Basic info43
In-depth2
Photo checked27
Visit info2
Shiga
Candidates59
Confirmed35
Basic info35
In-depth4
Photo checked21
Visit info4
Kyoto
Candidates96
Confirmed47
Basic info47
In-depth1
Photo checked23
Visit info1
Osaka
Candidates78
Confirmed68
Basic info68
In-depth2
Photo checked47
Visit info2
Hyogo
Candidates211
Confirmed86
Basic info86
In-depth5
Photo checked58
Visit info5
Nara
Candidates69
Confirmed42
Basic info42
In-depth1
Photo checked17
Visit info1
Wakayama
Candidates66
Confirmed29
Basic info29
In-depth1
Photo checked6
Visit info1
Tottori
Candidates151
Confirmed48
Basic info48
In-depth1
Photo checked12
Visit info1
Shimane
Candidates44
Confirmed34
Basic info34
In-depth3
Photo checked27
Visit info3
Okayama
Candidates104
Confirmed52
Basic info52
In-depth4
Photo checked27
Visit info4
Hiroshima
Candidates76
Confirmed64
Basic info64
In-depth3
Photo checked36
Visit info3
Yamaguchi
Candidates29
Confirmed24
Basic info24
In-depth2
Photo checked16
Visit info2
Tokushima
Candidates90
Confirmed47
Basic info47
In-depth1
Photo checked19
Visit info1
Kagawa
Candidates46
Confirmed15
Basic info15
In-depth2
Photo checked8
Visit info2
Ehime
Candidates72
Confirmed40
Basic info40
In-depth5
Photo checked17
Visit info5
Kochi
Candidates20
Confirmed18
Basic info18
In-depth1
Photo checked8
Visit info1
Fukuoka
Candidates97
Confirmed66
Basic info66
In-depth1
Photo checked32
Visit info1
Saga
Candidates65
Confirmed49
Basic info49
In-depth3
Photo checked17
Visit info3
Nagasaki
Candidates45
Confirmed21
Basic info21
In-depth2
Photo checked13
Visit info2
Kumamoto
Candidates49
Confirmed39
Basic info39
In-depth1
Photo checked15
Visit info1
Oita
Candidates118
Confirmed25
Basic info25
In-depth2
Photo checked14
Visit info2
Miyazaki
Candidates55
Confirmed47
Basic info47
In-depth0
Photo checked12
Visit info0
Kagoshima
Candidates47
Confirmed29
Basic info29
In-depth0
Photo checked13
Visit info0
Okinawa
Candidates137
Confirmed45
Basic info44
In-depth0
Photo checked32
Visit info0
Total
Candidates5,237
Confirmed2,507
Basic info2,502
In-depth93
Photo checked1,283
Visit info93
What each column means
- Candidate found
- Named as a castle or castle site in at least one of: Japanese Wikipedia lists and categories, Wikidata, OpenStreetMap, or the Japan Castle Foundation list (alternative names of the same castle are counted once)
- Confirmed as a castle site
- Confirmed as a castle or castle site by Wikidata castle classes, Japanese Wikipedia castle categories, or the Japan Castle Foundation list
- Basic information
- Confirmed, with a known name and prefecture, and a published basic-information page
- In-depth article
- An in-depth article written by our editors after checking official, municipal and other sources
- Photo rights checked
- Shows a photo whose photographer and license (CC0, public domain, CC BY, CC BY-SA) we have checked
- Visit info checked
- Shows visiting information (station, hours, fees) with the date it was checked
Where the register comes from
- Japanese Wikipedia list articles
- Japanese Wikipedia castle categories
- Wikidata (CC0)
- OpenStreetMap (ODbL)
- GSI reverse geocoder