Castles - Japan
927 documented abandoned castles have been mapped by the Urbexology community across Japan, with the highest concentration around Matsue-shi (17), Tottori (15), Hiroshima-shi (13). Each location below links to its own page with coordinates, photos where available, and access notes.
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- Shimane (69)
- Hiroshima (42)
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- Mie (35)
- Chiba (34)
- Miyagi (31)
- Aichi (29)
- Kanagawa (29)
- Tottori (28)
- Hyogo (27)
- Gifu (25)
- Fukushima (25)
- Gunma (24)
- Nagasaki (22)
- Kagoshima (22)
- Akita (22)
- Yamaguchi (21)
- Niigata (21)
- Fukuoka (21)
- Kyoto (21)
- Shizuoka (20)
- Shiga Prefecture (18)
- Kumamoto (17)
- Saga Prefecture (17)
- Wakayama (16)
- Tochigi (16)
- Ehime (15)
- Yamagata (14)
- Iwate (14)
- Osaka (13)
- Ibaraki (13)
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- Toyama (12)
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- Okayama (12)
- Aomori (12)
- Saitama (12)
- Oita (10)
- Kochi (7)
- Hokkaido (7)
- Tokushima (6)
- Miyazaki (6)
- Kagawa (6)
- Yamanashi (3)
All locations
- "Historic Spot Hirosaki Castle Site" (Hirosaki)
- A thicket of trees at the ruins of the Nanajyō Castles. (Naze)
- Agari Castle Ruins (Obama)
- Agi Castle Ruins (Nakatsugawa)
- Ago Castle Ruins (Fukui-shi)
- Aizushingū Castle Ruins (Kitakata)
- Aizuwakamatsu Castle North Demaru Rear Gate Ruins (Kitakata)
- Akagi Castle Blacksmith Mansion Ruins (Shingu)
- Akamatsu Castle Ruins (Obama)
- Akashi Feudal Fort Ruins (Akashi)
- Akatsuchiyama Castle Ruins (Tondabayashicho)
- Aki Castle Ruins (Aki)
- Akita Castle Ruins(Government house) (Akita Shi)
- Akizuki Castle Ruins (Wakayama-shi)
- Akizuki Castle Ruins (Amagi)
- Akutagawa Castle Residence Ruins (Takatsuki)
- Amagasaki Castle Ruins Park (Amagasaki)
- Amago Jikki - Misawa Castle Ruins (Izumo)
- Amagoiyama Castle Ruins (Maruoka)
- Amazaki Castle Ruins (Innoshima)
- Amidagamine Castle Ruins (Miyazu)
- An'yama Castle Ruins (Matsue-shi)
- Anami Castle Ruins (Izumo)
- Aneyama Castle ruins (Izumo)
- Aokage-jo Castle Ruins (Innoshima)
- Arai Castle Ruins (Yugawara)
- Arai Castle Ruins (Miura)
- Arato Castle Ruins (Ueda)
- Arikoyama Castle Ruins (Toyooka)
- Aruga Castle Ruins (Suwa)
- Asahiyama Castle Ruins (Uji)
- Asakura Castle Ruins (Ino)
- Asakura Kageakira Castle Ruins (Fukui-shi)
- Aseishi Castle Monument (Kuroishi)
- Atagoyama Castle Ruins (Annaka)
- Ataka Castle Ruins (Komatsu)
- Awa Ichinomiya Castle Ruins (Ishii)
- Azaka Castle Ruins (Shiinoki Castle Ruins) (Hisai-motomachi)
- Azuchi Castle Ruins (Omihachiman)
- Bamba Castle Ruins (Nanao)
- Big Fountain Spring Castle Ruins (Big Fountain Spring Castle / Deep Moat Castle) (Ichinoseki)
- Byobuyama Fortress Ruins (Hakone)
- Castle Ruins On The Mountain (Sendai-shi)
- Cha'usuyama-jo Castle Ruins (Innoshima)
- Chausu Castle Ruins (Miyoshi)
- Chausu-yama Castle ruins (Kariya)
- Chausuyama Castle Ruins (Takehara)
- Chausuyama Castle Ruins (Nishio)
- Chigasaki Castle Ruins Park (Yokohama)
- Chimori-jo Castle Ruins (Innoshima)
- Chiran Castle Ruins (Kaseda-shirakame)
- Country War Castle Ruins (Kogota)
- Daikoji Fortress Site (Kuroishi)
- Daikokumaru Castle Ruins (Mikuni)
- Dangajo Castle Ruins (Katsuyama)
- Dendai Castle Ruins (Kasamatsucho)
- Ding Castle Ruins (Wakuya)
- Dochiku Castle Ruins (Tottori)
- Dohi Castle Ruins (Yugawara)
- Doi Castle Ruins (Hiratacho)
- Doi-jo Castle Ruins (of Former Bingo Province) (Innoshima)
- Dozakiyama-jo (Dozakizan-jo) Castle Ruins (Innoshima)
- East Gate of Government house in Akita Fort Ruins (Akita Shi)
- East Rokko Quarry for Osaka Castle Renovation (Takarazuka)
- Echizen Fuchu Castle Ruins (Takefu)
- Edo Castle Ruins (Tokyo)
- Ei Castle Ruins (Ibusuki)
- Eibara Castle (Sandacho)
- Former Ebara Castle Grounds (Matsuyama)
- Former Hewa castle (Ino)
- Former Ogaki Castle Iron Gate (Inuyama)
- Former Tochio Castle Site (Tochio-honcho)
- Former site of Tosu Castle (Ogori-shimogo)
- Fuchu-Dehori Castle Ruins (Hiroshima-shi)
- Fujiga-jo Castle Ruins (Odacho-oda)
- Fujiwara Palace Ruins (Kashihara-shi)
- Fukuchiyama Castle Honmaru Ruins (Fukuchiyama)
- Fukui Castle Ruins (Fukui-shi)
- Fukui-ga-mine Castle Ruins (Wakayama-shi)
- Fukuoka Castle Ruins (Fukuoka-shi)
- Fukushima Castle Ruins (Fukushima-shi)
- Fukuyama Castle Ruins (Soja)
- Funami Mountain Nature Park (Funami ruins of a castle) (Nyuzen)
- Funaoka Castle Ninomaru ruins (Okawara)
- Funaoka Castle Ruins (Hitome Senbonzakura) (Okawara)
- Funaoka Castle Ruins Park (Okawara)
- Funaoka Castle Sannomaru Ruins (Okawara)
- Furukawa Castle Ruins (Takayama)
- Fushimi-Momoyama-jō Castle (Uji)
- Futatsuyama Castle Ruins (Matsue-shi)
- Fuunan Castle Ruins (Ureshinomachi-shimojuku)
- Gassantoda Castle Ruins (Yasugicho)
- Geiyo Fortress Oshima Battery Site (Takehara)
- Gion Hill Castle Ruins (Oyama)
- Godo Castle Ruins (Mitake)
- Gokisonishi Castle Ruins (Nagoya-shi)
- Graves of Sakai Clan, the Lord of Himeji Castle (Himeji)
- Hachigata Castle Ruins (Yorii)
- Hachiman'yama Castle (Saiki)
- Hachiman'yama Castle Ruins (Hiratacho)
- Hachimanyama Castle Ruins (Omihachiman)
- Hachinobe Castle Honmaru Ruins (Uchimaru)
- Hachinobe Castle Ruins (Uchimaru)
- Hachiyakan Castle Ruins (Tomiya)
- Hachiōji Castle Ruins (Hachioji)
- Hachiōji Castle Ruins Old Road (Hachioji)
- Hachiōji Castle Turret Gate Ruins (Hachioji)
- Hagi Castle Arakawa Lookout Ruins (Hagi)
- Hagi Castle East Garden Teahouse Ruins (Hagi)
- Hagi Castle Inoue Gate Ruins (Hagi)
- Hagi Castle North Lookout Ruins (Hagi)
- Hagi Castle Okazaki Yagura Site (Hagi)
- Hagi Castle Ruins (Hagi)
- Hagi Castle Ruins Shizuki Park (Hagi)
- Hagi Castle Tatsumi Yagura Ruins (Hagi)
- Hagi Castle Timekeeping Tower Ruins (Hagi)
- Hagi Castle, Kamiyagura SiteO (Hagi)
- Hakusan Castle Ruins (Uto)
- Hamada Castle Inner Fortress Ruins (Hamada)
- Hamada Castle Ruins (Hamada)
- Hamamatsu Castle Fujimiyagura Ruins (Hamamatsu)
- Hamamatsu Castle Tenshukuruwa Ruins (Hamamatsu)
- Hamano Castle Ruins (Tsubin Castle Ruins) (Togitsu)
- Hanazawa Fortress Site (Kamiiso)
- Handa-Kannonsan Castle Ruins (Toyooka)
- Hanekawa New Fortress Site (Akita Shi)
- Hannyazawa Castle Ruins (Annaka)
- Hara Castle 2nd Turret Ruins (Shimabara)
- Hara Castle 3rd Turret Ruins (Shimabara)
- Hara Castle Buried Gate Ruins (Hondo)
- Hara Castle Honmaru Gate Ruins (Hondo)
- Hara Castle Ikejiri Gate Ruins (Hondo)
- Hara Castle Main Gate Ruins (Hondo)
- Harajō Castle Ruins (Hondo)
- Hasama Castle Ruins (Inuyama)
- Hataya Castle Ruins (Narita)
- Hebizawa Castle Ruins (Miharu)
- Heike Castle Ruins (Yatsushiro)
- Higashine Castle Ruins (Higashine)
- Higumayama Castle Ruins (Miyoshi)
- Higura Castle Ruins (Izumo)
- Hiji Castle Ruins (Hiji)
- Hiketa Castle Ruins (Ishii)
- Hikidan-jo Castle Ruins (Tsuruga)
- Hime Castle (Ueda)
- Hinoe Castle Ruins (Shimabara)
- Hinokigasaen Castle Ruins (Hiratacho)
- Hirata Castle Ruins (Hiratacho)
- Hiroshima Castle Ura-Gomon Gate Ruins (Hiroshima-shi)
- Hisyakuyama Castle Ruins (Kiryu)
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