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Komoro, Nagano
Komoro Castle
小諸城
To reach this castle you walk down from the town, not up: Komoro is a "hole castle."
Japan's 100 Fine Castles No. 26CastleHilltop
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Takeda clan
武田氏
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Nagano, Nagano
Matsushiro Castle
松代城
Takeda Shingen built it as his front line in the Kawanakajima wars, and the Sanada family later lived here for 250 years.
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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.
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Mito, Ibaraki
Mito Castle
水戸城
The castle of the Mito Tokugawa, one of the shogun's three senior branch families, defended not by stone walls but by deep moats and earthen ramparts.
Japan's 100 Fine Castles No. 16CastleHilltop
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Kofu, Yamanashi
Tsutsujigasaki Castle
武田氏館
The residence where Takeda Shingen lived is now the grounds of a shrine where he is worshiped.
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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.
Japan's 100 Fine Castles No. 18CastleHilltop
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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.
Japan's 100 Fine Castles No. 18CastleHilltop
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Ina, Nagano
Takatō Castle
高遠城
A castle site with no keep and no tall stone walls, filled instead with 1,500 cherry trees of a single variety.
Japan's 100 Fine Castles No. 28CastleHilltop
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Ōtaki, Chiba
Ōtaki Castle
大多喜城
Next 100 Fine Castles No. 121CastleHilltop
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Higashiagatsuma, Gunma
Iwabitsu Castle
岩櫃城
Next 100 Fine Castles No. 119CastleMountain
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Numazu, Shizuoka
Kōkokuji Castle
興国寺城
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Kofu, Yamanashi
Yogaisan Castle
要害山城
Next 100 Fine Castles No. 130CastleMountain
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Kimitsu, Chiba
Kururi Castle
久留里城
CastleMountain
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Hokuto, Yamanashi
Yato Castle
谷戸城
CastleMountain
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Sodegaura, Chiba
Kubota Castle
久保田城
CastleHilltop
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Shizuoka
Kunō Castle
久能城
CastleMountain
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Hiroshima
Ginzan Castle
佐東銀山城
CastleMountain
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Futtsu, Chiba
Sanuki Castle
佐貫城
CastleHilltop
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Chōnan, Chiba
Chōnan Castle
庁南城
CastleNo keep recorded
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Ichihara, Chiba
Shiizu Castle
椎津城
CastleHilltop
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Fujieda, Shizuoka
Tanaka Castle
田中城
CastleFlatland
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Kisarazu, Chiba
Mariyatsu Castle
真里谷城
CastleMountain
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Fujieda, Shizuoka
Hanakura Castle
花倉城
CastleMountain
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Hokuto, Yamanashi
Wakamiko Castle
若神子城
CastleMountain
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Chikuma, Nagano
Katsurao Castle
葛尾城
CastleMountain
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Shizuoka
Kanbara Castle
蒲原城
CastleMountain
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Sodegaura, Chiba
Kuranami Castle
蔵波城
CastleHilltop
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Shizuoka
Shizuhatayama Castle
賤機山城
CastleMountain
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Shizuoka
Shizuhatayama Castle
賤機山城
CastleMountain
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Futtsu, Chiba
Tsukurōmi Castle
造海城
CastleMountain
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Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima
Kagamiyama Castle
鏡山城
CastleMountain
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Katsuura CastleCastleNo photo of this castle yet
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Katsuura, Chiba
Katsuura Castle
勝浦城
CastleSea
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Kimitsu, Chiba
Ōto Castle
大戸城
CastleMountain
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Okitsu CastleCastleNo photo of this castle yet
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Katsuura, Chiba
Okitsu Castle
奥津城
CastleMountain
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Higashiagatsuma, Gunma
Iwashita Castle
岩下城
CastleMountain
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Shizuoka
Atagoyama Castle
愛宕山城
CastleMountain
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Nirasaki, Yamanashi
Hakusan Castle
白山城
CastleMountain
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Naganohara, Gunma
Haneo Castle
羽根尾城
Castle
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Nirasaki, Yamanashi
Nomi Castle
能見城
CastleMountain
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Nagakubo CastleCastleNo photo of this castle yet
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Nagawa, Nagano
Nagakubo Castle
長窪城
CastleMountain
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