Ikeda clan

Himeji, Hyogo

Himeji Castle

姫路城

A 400-year-old main keep and its three smaller keeps still stand linked by covered corridors, never burned by battle or by bombing.

Okayama

Okayama Castle

岡山城

Look at the foot of the black keep and you'll see its base is not square but a lopsided pentagon.

Tottori, Tottori

Tottori Castle

鳥取城

At the foot of a stone wall bulges a second wall with no corners at all: the Maki-ishigaki, which Tottori City says is the only rounded wall of its kind at any castle in Japan.

Sumoto, Hyogo

Sumoto Castle

洲本城

Two stone walls run straight down the mountainside, linking the castle on the summit with the castle at its foot.

Toyohashi, Aichi

Yoshida Castle

吉田城

On the bank of the Toyo River, a white turret built in 1954 sits on top of rough stone walls laid in Ikeda Terumasa's day.

Ōgaki, Gifu

Ōgaki Castle

大垣城

Right up to the eve of the decisive battle at Sekigahara, this castle was Ishida Mitsunari's headquarters for the Western Army.

Yonago, Tottori

Yonago Castle

米子城

Stand on the keep's stone base and you can turn a full circle taking in Mt. Daisen, Lake Nakaumi, the Sea of Japan and the city of Yonago.

Shikokuchūō, Ehime

Kawanoe Castle

川之江城

Kurashiki, Okayama

Shimotsui Castle

下津井城

Sayo, Hyogo

Rikan Castle

利神城

Mizunami, Gifu

Ori Castle

小里城

Ikeda, Osaka

Ikeda Castle

池田城

Kakamigahara, Gifu

Unuma Castle

鵜沼城

Tottori, Tottori

Shikano Castle

鹿野城

Tatsuno, Hyogo

Tatsuno Castle

龍野城

Sakata, Yamagata

Asahiyama Castle

朝日山城

Sakata, Yamagata

Asahiyama Castle

朝日山城

Karatsu, Saga

Hizen Ikeda Castle

池田城