Castles - Japan
2508 documented abandoned castles have been mapped by the Urbexology community across Japan, with the highest concentration around Hiroshima-shi (60), Matsue-shi (43), Iida (41). Each location below links to its own page with coordinates, photos where available, and access notes.
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- Nagano (185)
- Hiroshima (170)
- Shimane (160)
- Aichi (134)
- Mie (90)
- Gunma (86)
- Fukui (85)
- Chiba (84)
- Gifu (84)
- Shiga Prefecture (78)
- Hyogo (77)
- Kyoto (75)
- Miyagi (68)
- Fukuoka (66)
- Okinawa (64)
- Okayama (55)
- Tottori (52)
- Shizuoka (48)
- Fukushima (47)
- Nagasaki (44)
- Kanagawa (42)
- Saga Prefecture (41)
- Niigata (38)
- Akita (35)
- Nara (34)
- Iwate (34)
- Tokushima (34)
- Saitama (33)
- Kagoshima (33)
- Kumamoto (32)
- Tokyo (31)
- Yamaguchi (31)
- Ibaraki (29)
- Osaka (29)
- Wakayama (29)
- Aomori (28)
- Tochigi (28)
- Yamagata (26)
- Ehime (24)
- Yamanashi (24)
- Toyama (23)
- Kagawa (23)
- Ishikawa (20)
- Oita (19)
- Kochi (13)
- Hokkaido (10)
- Miyazaki (10)
All locations
- "Historic Spot Hirosaki Castle Site" (Hirosaki)
- 3rd Naval Fort Remnants (Yokosuka)
- A thicket of trees at the ruins of the Nanajyō Castles. (Naze)
- Aga Castle Ruins (Hiroshima-shi)
- Agari Castle Ruins (Obama)
- Agena Castle Ruins (Gushikawa)
- Agi Castle Ruins (Nakatsugawa)
- Ago Castle Ruins (Fukui-shi)
- Aisari Fortress Ruins (Kitakami)
- Aizushingū Castle Ruins (Kitakata)
- Aizuwakamatsu Castle North Demaru Rear Gate Ruins (Kitakata)
- Aizuwakamatsu Castle Ruins (Kitakata)
- Ajima Castle Ruin (Iida)
- Ajiro Castle Ruins (Itsukaichi)
- Akada Castle (Kashiwazaki)
- Akadani Castle Ruins (Ono)
- Akagi Castle Blacksmith Mansion Ruins (Shingu)
- Akagi Castle Ruins (Shingu)
- Akaishi Castle Ruins (Shimokizukuri)
- Akamatsu Castle Ruins (Obama)
- Akame Castle Ruins (Tsushima)
- Akamon (Kashima)
- Akana Setoyama Castle Ruins Trailhead (Miyoshi)
- Akaozu Fortress Site (Akita)
- Akarusan Castle Ruins (Saku)
- Akashi Castle Ruins (Akashi)
- Akashi Feudal Fort Ruins (Akashi)
- Akataniyama Castle Ruins (Gujo)
- Akatsuchiyama Castle Ruins (Tondabayashicho)
- Akatsuka Jōshi Park Castle Ruins (Wako)
- Akaya Shiroyama Castle Ruins (Yasugicho)
- Akechi Castle Ruins (Mitake)
- Akeda Castle Ruins (Miyazu)
- Aki Castle Ruins (Aki)
- Aki Minosumi Castle Ruins (Hatsukaichi)
- Aki Yanagiga Castle Ruins (Miyoshi)
- Akita Castle Ruins(Government house) (Akita Shi)
- Akitsu-jō Castle Site (Yoshino-cho)
- Akizuki Castle Ruins (Wakayama-shi)
- Akizuki Castle Ruins (Amagi)
- Akizuki Castle's Relocated Main Gate ( Kuromon ) (Amagi)
- Ako Castle Ruins (Kariya)
- Akutagawa Castle Residence Ruins (Takatsuki)
- Akutagawa Castle Ruins (Akutagawa Honmaru) (Takatsuki)
- Amagasaki Castle Ruins Park (Amagasaki)
- Amago Castle Ruins (Hiroshima-shi)
- Amago Jikki - Misawa Castle Ruins (Izumo)
- Amagoiyama Castle Ruins (Maruoka)
- Amazaki Castle Ruins (Innoshima)
- Ameyama Castle Ruins (Kaizuka)
- Amidagamine Castle Ruins (Miyazu)
- An'yama Castle Ruins (Matsue-shi)
- Anami Castle Ruins (Izumo)
- Anamizu Castle Ruins (Nanao)
- Anao Castle Ruins (Kameoka)
- Ancient Tatsuno Castle ruins (Tatsunocho-tominaga)
- Aneyama Castle ruins (Izumo)
- Anjō Castle Ruins (Anshō Castle Ruins) (Anjo)
- Anjō Castle Ruins Park (Anjo)
- Ano Castle Ruins (Tsu-shi)
- Ao Castle Ruins (Himi)
- Aogakisan Castle Ruins (Yasugicho)
- Aokage-jo Castle Ruins (Innoshima)
- Aoki Castle Ruins (Iida)
- Aoki-jo Castle Ruins (Innoshima)
- Aoyagijō Castle Ruins (Hotaka)
- Arai Castle Ruins (Yugawara)
- Arai Castle Ruins (Kasugai)
- Arai Castle Ruins (Miura)
- Araki Castle Ruins (Toyooka)
- Arato Castle Ruins (Ueda)
- Arayama Castle ruins (Saku)
- Arii Castle Ruins (Hiroshima-shi)
- Arikabe Fort Ruins (Ichinoseki)
- Arikoyama Castle Ruins (Toyooka)
- Arimoto Castle Ruins (Tsuyama)
- Arioka Castle Ruins (Itami)
- Armoury ruins (Komoro)
- Aruga Castle Ruins (Suwa)
- Asahiyama Castle (Fujieda)
- Asahiyama Castle Ruins (Uji)
- Asai Castle Ruins (Saku)
- Asakura Castle Ruins (Ino)
- Asakura Kageakira Castle Ruins (Fukui-shi)
- Asano-jo Castle Ruins Site (Ichinomiya)
- Aseishi Castle Monument (Kuroishi)
- Ashidajō Castle Ruins (Kamimaruko)
- Ashikiyama Castle (Dazaifu)
- Asuka Palace Main Hall Ruins Site (Sakurai)
- Asuke Castle Minaminomaru Ruins (Toyota)
- Atagosan Fort Ruins (Maizuru)
- Atagoyama Castle (Shizuoka-shi)
- Atagoyama Castle Ruins (Annaka)
- Ataka Castle Ruins (Uto)
- Ataka Castle Ruins (Komatsu)
- Autumn leaves around Akizuki Castle ruins (Amagi)
- Awa Ichinomiya Castle Ruins (Ishii)
- Ayo Castle Ruins (Matsue-shi)
- Azaka Castle Ruins (Hakumai Castle Ruins) (Hisai-motomachi)
- Azaka Castle Ruins (Shiinoki Castle Ruins) (Hisai-motomachi)
- Azuchi Castle Honmaru Ruins (Omihachiman)
- Azuchi Castle Ninomaru Ruins (Omihachiman)
- Azuchi Castle Ninomaru South Quarters Ruins (Omihachiman)
- Azuchi Castle Ruins (Omihachiman)
- Azuchiyama Castle Ruins (Matsue-shi)
- Baba Castle Ruins (Yoshii)
- Bamba Castle Ruins (Nanao)
- Banba Castle Ruins (Hikone)
- Bichu Takamatsu Castle Ruins (Soja)
- Big Fountain Spring Castle Ruins (Big Fountain Spring Castle / Deep Moat Castle) (Ichinoseki)
- Big Marsh Castle Ruins (Wakuya)
- Bikuni Castle Ruins (Tsuyama)
- Bin Castle Site (Tomigusuku)
- Bin'go Maruyama-jo Castle Ruins (Onomichi)
- Bingo Hyakubonzan-jo (Hyakubonyama-jo) Castle Ruins (Innoshima)
- Bingo Kameyama-jo Castle Ruins (of former Bingo Province) (Onomichi)
- Bingo-Hyogo Castle Ruins (Onomichi)
- Bingo-Yanoshima Castle Ruins (Fukuyama)
- Bitchu-Arita Castle Ruins (Kasaoka)
- Bodaisan Castle Ruins (Tarui)
- Bougakuen, Hara Castle Ruins, Hitoyoshi Naval Air Corps Memorial Monument (Hitoyoshi)
- Byobuyama Fortress Ruins (Hakone)
- Byōbugasaki Castle Site (Ushiku)
- Camphor Forest in Ruins of Saga Castle (Saga-shi)
- Castle Crossroads Ruins (Hirado)
- Castle Mountain Pond (Yonago)
- Castle Ruins On The Mountain (Sendai-shi)
- Castle of the Age of the Boar (Miyazu)
- Cha'usuyama-jo Castle Ruins (Innoshima)
- Chatan-gusuku Castle site (Chatan)
- Chausu Castle Ruins (Miyoshi)
- Chausu-yama Castle ruins (Kariya)
- Chausuyama Castle Ruins (Hatsukaichi)
- Chausuyama Castle Ruins (Takehara)
- Chausuyama Castle Ruins (Matsue-shi)
- Chausuyama Castle Ruins (Nishio)
- Cherry Blossom Field Castle Ruins (Wakuya)
- Chiba Castle (Musashi’s residence) (Kumamoto)
- Chibana Castle (Okinawa)
- Chibana Castle Ruins (Okinawa)
- Chibuka-jo Castle Ruins (Tanabe)
- Chigasaki Castle Ruins Park (Yokohama)
- Chikudaira Castle Ruins (Iida)
- Chimori-jo Castle Ruins (Innoshima)
- Chinaha Castle (Naha-shi)
- Chinen Castle Ruins (Ginowan)
- Chiran Castle Ruins (Kaseda-shirakame)
- Chokoji Castle Ruins (Omihachiman)
- Chuyama Castle Ruins (Sakaiminato)
- Country War Castle Ruins (Kogota)
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