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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.
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Ibaraki
茨城県
Explore the castles and castle sites of Ibaraki through photographs, municipalities and research status.
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Kasama, Ibaraki
Kasama Castle
笠間城
The worship hall of the shrine on the summit is said to be the castle's remodeled keep turret, on a mountain castle with stone walls, a rarity in the Kanto region.
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Tsuchiura, Ibaraki
Tsuchiura Castle
土浦城
Tsuchiura's main enclosure, ringed by moats, was said to look like a turtle floating on water, and it still has the only surviving main-enclosure gate tower in the Kanto region.
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Moriya, Ibaraki
Imanjo
今城
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Mito, Ibaraki
Iwase Castle
岩瀬城
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Ushiku, Ibaraki
Ushiku Castle
牛久城
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Chikusei, Ibaraki
Ebigashima Castle
海老ヶ島城
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Hitachiōta, Ibaraki
Ōda Castle
太田城
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Sources checked
- Japanese Wikipedia, "List of castles in Japan" (prefecture section)
- Japanese Wikipedia, "Castles of Ibaraki"
- Japanese Wikipedia category "Castles in Ibaraki"
- Castle-related items on Wikidata
- OpenStreetMap historic=castle and related tags
- Japan Castle Foundation's 100 / Next 100 Fine Castles list
Sources to check next
- Prefectural survey reports on medieval and early-modern castle sites (Comprehensive Database of Archaeological Site Reports in Japan)
- Municipal lists of designated historic sites