Hōjō clan

Kakegawa, Shizuoka

Kakegawa Castle

掛川城

At the foot of a keep rebuilt in wood after 140 years stands an Edo-period palace that never left.

Takasaki, Gunma

Minowa Castle

箕輪城

In just over 30 years it passed from the Takeda to the Oda, the Hojo and the Tokugawa, until Ii Naomasa moved the castle to Takasaki and it was abandoned.

Hachiōji, Tokyo

Takiyama Castle

滝山城

No stone walls, no keep: Hojo Ujiteru's castle of carved-out moats and earthen ramparts is said to have held off an attack by Takeda Shingen.

Numazu, Shizuoka

Kōkokuji Castle

興国寺城

The castle where Hojo Soun launched his rise went on to change hands among more than 16 lords and commanders in 120 years on a contested border.

Ranzan, Saitama

Sugaya Yakata

菅谷館

Tradition places the home of the Kamakura-era warrior Hatakeyama Shigetada here, but the 5-meter ramparts and deep moats you walk among today belong to a Warring States castle built some 300 years later.

Kanagawa

Kozukue Castle

小机城

Cars on the Daisan Keihin expressway race right past a Warring States castle whose deep dry moats still wind through a bamboo grove.

Gotemba, Shizuoka

Fukasawa Castle

深沢城

Sodegaura, Chiba

Kubota Castle

久保田城

Hachiōji, Tokyo

Hatsuzawa Castle

初沢城

Ichikawa, Chiba

Kōnodai Castle

国府台城

Oyama, Tochigi

Oyama Castle

小山城

Oyama, Tochigi

Oyama Castle

小山城

Chiba

Oyumi Castle

小弓城

Ichihara, Chiba

Shiizu Castle

椎津城

Hachiōji, Tokyo

Jofukuzi Castle

浄福寺城

Hachiōji, Tokyo

Jofukuzi Castle

浄福寺城

Kōriyama, Fukushima

Sagawa Castle

篠川城

Sodegaura, Chiba

Kuranami Castle

蔵波城

Hachiōji, Tokyo

Takatsuki Castle

高月城

Shiwa, Iwate

Hōjō Yakata

北条館