Continued 100 Fine Castles of Japan

The Continued 100 Fine Castles of Japan or Continued Top 100 Japanese Castles (日本続百名城, Nihon Zoku Hyaku-Meijō) is a list of 100 castles, intended as a sequel of 100 Fine Castles of Japan. The castles were chosen for their significance in culture, history, and in their regions by the Japanese Castle Foundation (日本城郭協会, Nihon Jōkaku Kyōkai) in 2017.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Reconstructed Tenshu(Keep) of Fukuchiyama Castle

Hokkaidō region[]

Nama	Prefecture	City	Year completed	Prominent Castle Lord	Photo
Shinori Date 志苔館	Hokkaido	Hakodate	?
Katsuyama Date 勝山館	Hokkaido	Hiyama	1473	Takeda Nobuhiro

Tōhoku region[]

Nama	Prefecture	City	Year completed	Prominent Castle Lord
Namioka Castle 浪岡城	Aomori	Aomori	15C
Kunohe Castle 九戸城	Iwate	Ninohe	15C
Shiroishi Castle 白石城	Miyagi	Shiroishi	12C	Amakasu Kagetsugu / Katakura Kagetsuna
Wakimoto Castle 脇本城	Akita	Oga	15C	Andō Chikasue
Akita Castle 秋田城	Akita	Akita	733
Tsurugaoka Castle 鶴ヶ岡城	Yamagata	Tsuruoka	12C
Yonezawa Castle 米沢城	Yamagata	Yonezawa	12C	Date Terumune / Date Masamune / Uesugi Kagekatsu / Naoe Kanetsugu
Miharu Castle 三春城	Fukushima	Tamura	16C?	Tamura Kiyoaki
Mukaihaguroyama Castle 向羽黒山城	Fukushima	Aizumisato	1568	Ashina Moriuji

Kantō region[]

Nama	Prefecture	City	Year completed	Prominent Castle Lord
Kasama Castle 笠間城	Ibaraki	Kasama	1219	Matsudaira Yasushige
Tsuchiura Castle 土浦城	Ibaraki	Tsuchiura	15C	Oda Ujiharu
Karasawa Castle 唐沢山城	Tochigi	Sano	10C	Fujiwara Hidesato
Nagurumi Castle 名胡桃城	Gunma	Tone	16C
Numata Castle 沼田城	Gunma	Numata	1532	Sanada Nobuyuki
Iwabitsu Castle 岩櫃城	Gunma	Agatsuma	1552	Sanada Yukitaka, Sanada Masayuki
Oshi Castle 忍城	Saitama	Gyōda	1479
Sugiyama Castle 杉山城	Saitama	Hiki	?
Sugaya Yakata 菅谷館	Saitama	Hiki	?	Hatakeyama Shigetada
Moto Sakura Castle 本佐倉城	Chiba	Inba	?	Matsudaira Tadateru, Doi Toshikatsu
Ōtaki Castle 大多喜城	Chiba	Ōtaki	?	Honda Tadakatsu
Takiyama Castle 滝山城	Tokyo	Hachiōji	1521	Hōjō Ujiteru
Odaiba お台場	Tokyo	Tokyo Bay	1853
Kozukue Castle 小机城	Kanagawa	Kōhoku-ku	14C
Ishigakiyama Ichiya Castle 石垣山一夜城	Kanagawa	Odawara	1592	Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Kōshin'etsu region[]

Nama	Prefecture	City	Year completed	Prominent Castle Lord
Shinpu Castle 新府城	Yamanashi	Nirasaki	1582	Takeda Katsuyori
Yōgaiyama Castle 要害山城	Yamanashi	Kōfu	1520	Takeda Nobutora / Takeda Shingen
Tatsuoka Castle 龍岡城	Nagano	Saku	1864-67
Takashima Castle 高島城	Nagano	Suwa	1592
Murakami Castle 村上城	Niigata	Murakami	16C	Honjō Shigenaga
Takada Castle 高田城	Niigata	Jōetsu	1614	Matsudaira Tadateru
Samegao Castle 鮫ヶ尾城	Niigata	Myōkō	16C

Hokuriku region[]

Nama	Prefecture	City	Year completed	Prominent Castle Lord
Toyama Castle 富山城	Toyama	Toyama (city)	1543	Jinbō Nagamoto / Sassa Narimasa
Masuyama Castle 増山城	Toyama	Tonami	14C	Jinbō Nagamoto / Sassa Narimasa
Torigoe Castle 鳥越城	Ishikawa	Hakusan	1573	Sengoku Hidehisa
Fukui Castle 福井城	Fukui	Fukui (city)	1573/1606	Shibata Katsuie / Yūki Hideyasu
Ōno Castle 越前大野城	Fukui	Ōno	1580	Kanamori Nagachika
Kuniyoshi Castle 国吉城	Fukui	Mihama	1556	Kimura Shigekore
Genbao Castle 玄蕃尾城	Fukui / Shiga		1582?	Shibata Katsuie

Tōkai region[]

Nama	Prefecture	City	Year completed	Prominent Castle Lord
Gujō Hachiman Castle 郡上八幡城	Gifu	Gujō	1559
Naegi Castle 苗木城	Gifu	Nakatsugawa	14C
Kaneyama Castle 金山城	Gifu	Kani	1537	Mori Yoshinari
Ōgaki Castle 大垣城	Gifu	Ōgaki	1500	Ujiie Naotomo
Kōkokuji Castle 興国寺城	Shizuoka	Numazu	14C	Hōjō Sōun?
Suwahara Castle 諏訪原城	Shizuoka	Shimada	1573	Imagawa Ujizane
Takatenjin Castle 高天神城	Shizuoka	Kakegawa	16C	Okabe Motonobu
Hamamatsu Castle 浜松城	Shizuoka	Hamamatsu	1504-20	Tokugawa Ieyasu
Komakiyama Castle 小牧山城	Gifu	Komaki	14C	Oda Nobunaga
Furumiya Castle 古宮城	Aichi	Shinshiro	1575?	Ōkuma Tomohide?　/ Obata Masamori?
Yoshida Castle 吉田城	Aichi	Toyohashi	1505	/ Sakai Tadatsugu
Tsu Castle 津城	Mie	Tsu	1558	Oda Nobukane
Tage Kitabatakeshi Jōkan 北畠館	Mie	Tsu	?	Kitabatake Tomonori
Tamaru Castle 田丸城	Mie	Tamaki	12C	Oda Nobukatsu
Akagi Castle 赤木城	Mie	Kumano	1589	Todo Takatora

Kansai region[]

Nama	Prefecture	City	Year completed	Prominent Castle Lord
Kamaha Castle 鎌刃城	Shiga	Maibara	135C
Hachimanyama Castle 八幡山城	Shiga	Yonago	1585	Toyotomi Hidetsugu
Fukuchiyama Castle 福知山城	Kyoto Prefecture	Fukuchiyama	1579	Akechi Hidemitsu
Akutagawayama Castle 芥川山城	Osaka Prefecture	Takatsuki	1515	Miyoshi Nagayoshi
Iimoriyama Castle 飯盛山城	Osaka Prefecture	Shijōnawate	1333-1338	Miyoshi Nagayoshi
Kishiwada Castle 岸和田城	Osaka Prefecture	Kisiwada	1394	Miyoshi Yoshikata
Arikoyama Castle/ Izushi Castle 有子山城/ 出石城	Hyōgo	Toyooka	1574 / 1604	Yamana Suketoyo
Kuroi Castle 黒井城	Hyōgo Prefecture	Tanba	14C	Akai Naomasa Saitō Toshimitsu
Sumoto Castle 洲本城	Hyōgo Prefecture	Sumoto	14C	Atagi Fuyuyasu
Kōriyama Castle 郡山城	Nara Prefecture	Yamatokōriyama	1162	Tsutsui Junkei Toyotomi Hidenaga
Uda Matsuyama Castle 宇陀松山城	Nara Prefecture	Uda	15C
Shingū Castle 新宮城	Wakayama Prefecture	Shingū	1618	Mizuno Shigenaga

Chūgoku region[]

Nama	Prefecture	City	Year completed	Prominent Castle Lord
Wakasa Oniga Castle 若桜鬼ヶ城	Tottori	Wakasa	13C	Yamanaka Yukimori
Yonago Castle 米子城	Tottori	Yonago	15C	Kikkawa Hiroie
Hamada Castle 浜田城	Shimane	Hamada	1620	Sengoku Hidehisa
Takamatsu Castle 高松城	Ehime	Okayama	16C	Shimizu Muneharu
Mihara Castle 三原城	Hiroshima	Mihara	12C	Kobayakawa Takakage
Niitakayama Castle 新高山城	Hiroshima	Mihara	1552	Kobayakawa Takakage
Kōnomine Castle/ Ōuchi-shi Yakata 高嶺城/ 大内氏館	Yamaguchi	Yamaguchi (city)	1556 / 14C	Ōuchi Yoshinaga

Shikoku region[]

Nama	Prefecture	City	Year completed	Prominent Castle Lord
Shōzui Castle 勝瑞城	Tokushima	Tokushima	12C	Miyoshi Yoshikata
Ichinomiya Castle 一宮城	Tokushima	Tokushima	1338
Hiketa Castle 引田城	Kagawa	Higashikagawa	Unknown	Sengoku Hidehisa
Noshima Castle 能島城	Ehime	Imabari	14C	Murakami Takeyoshi
Kagomori Castle 河後森城	Ehime	Kitauwa	12C
Okō Castle 岡豊城	Kōchi	Nankoku	13-14C	Chōsokabe Motochika

Kyūshū region[]

Nama	Prefecture	City	Year completed	Prominent Castle Lord
Kokura Castle 小倉城	Fukuoka Prefecture	Kitakyushu	1569	Hosokawa Tadaoki
Mizuki Castle 水城	Fukuoka	Dazaifu	654
Kurume Castle 久留米城	Fukuoka	Kurume	1504-1521	Kobayakawa Hidekane
Kii Castle 基肄城	Saga Prefecture	Chikushino	665
Karatsu Castle 唐津城	Saga	Karatsu	1608	Terazawa Hirotaka
Kaneda Castle 金田城	Nagasaki	Tsushima Province	667
Ishida Castle 石田城	Nagasaki	Gotō	1863	Gotō Morinori
Hara Castle 原城	Nagasaki	Minamishimabara	1496	Amakusa Shirō
Kikuchi Castle 鞠智城	Kumamoto	Kikuchi	?
Yatsushiro Castle 八代城	Kumamoto	Yatsushiro	1622
Nakatsu Castle 中津城	Ōita	Nakatsu	1588	Kuroda Kanbei / Hosokawa Tadaoki
Tsunomure Castle 角牟礼城	Ōita	Yatsushiro	1277-88
Usuki Castle 臼杵城	Ōita	Usuki	1562	Ōtomo Sōrin
Saiki Castle 佐伯城	Ōita	Saiki	1606
Nobeoka Castle 延岡城	Miyazaki	Nobeoka	1606
Sadowara Castle 佐土原城	Miyazaki	Miyazaki	14C	Itō Yoshisuke / Shimazu Toyohisa
Shibushi Castle 志布志城	Kagoshima	Shibushi	?
Chiran Castle 知覧城	Kagoshima	Minamikyūshū	12C

Okinawa region[]

Nama	Prefecture	City	Year completed	Prominent Lord	Photo
Zakimi Castle 座喜味城	Okinawa	Nakagami	1416-22	Gosamaru
Katsuren Castle 勝連城	Okinawa	Uruma	14C	Amawari

Notes[]

^ "続日本100名城" (in Japanese). 日本城郭協会. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
^ "続日本100名城に行こう" (in Japanese). 続日本100名城. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
^ "続日本100名城に行こう" (in Japanese). クラブツーリズム. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
^ "続日本100" (in Japanese). Amazon.com. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
^ "続日本100名城" (in Japanese). 攻城団. Retrieved 25 July 2019.

External links[]

Japan Castle Foundation

[1] "続日本100名城" (in Japanese). 日本城郭協会. Retrieved 25 July 2019.

[2] "続日本100名城に行こう" (in Japanese). 続日本100名城. Retrieved 25 July 2019.

[3] "続日本100名城に行こう" (in Japanese). クラブツーリズム. Retrieved 25 July 2019.

[4] "続日本100" (in Japanese). Amazon.com. Retrieved 25 July 2019.

[5] "続日本100名城" (in Japanese). 攻城団. Retrieved 25 July 2019.

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v t Continued 100 Fine Castles of Japan by region
Hokkaidō	Shinori Date Katsuyama Date
Tōhoku	Namioka Castle Kunohe Castle Shiroishi Castle Wakimoto Castle Akita Castle Tsurugaoka Castle Yonezawa Castle Miharu Castle Mukaihaguroyama Castle
Kantō	Kasama Castle Tsuchiura Castle Karasawa Castle Nagurumi Castle Numata Castle Iwabitsu Castle Oshi Castle Sugiyama Castle Sugaya Yakata Moto Sakura Castle Ōtaki Castle Takiyama Castle Odaiba Kozukue Castle Ishigakiyama Ichiya Castle
Kōshin'etsu	Shinpu Castle Yōgaiyama Castle Tatsuoka Castle Takashima Castle Murakami Castle Takada Castle Samegao Castle
Hokuriku	Toyama Castle Masuyama Castle Torigoe Castle Fukui Castle Ōno Castle Kuniyoshi Castle Genbao Castle
Tōkai	Gujō Hachiman Castle Naegi Castle Kaneyama Castle Ōgaki Castle Kōkokuji Castle Suwahara Castle Takatenjin Castle Hamamatsu Castle Komakiyama Castle Furumiya Castle Yoshida Castle Tsu Castle Tage Kitabatakeshi Jōkan Tamaru Castle Akagi Castle
Kansai	Kamaha Castle Hachimanyama Castle Fukuchiyama Castle Akutagawayama Castle Iimoriyama Castle Kishiwada Castle Arikoyama Castle / Izushi Castle Kuroi Castle Sumoto Castle Kōriyama Castle Uda Matsuyama Castle Shingū Castle
Chūgoku	Wakasa Oniga Castle Yonago Castle Hamada Castle Takamatsu Castle Mihara Castle Niitakayama Castle Kōnomine Castle / Ōuchi-shi Yakata
Shikoku	Shōzui Castle Ichinomiya Castle Hiketa Castle Noshima Castle Kagomori Castle Okō Castle
Kyūshū	Kokura Castle Mizuki Castle Kurume Castle Kii Castle Karatsu Castle Kaneda Castle Ishida Castle Hara Castle Kikuchi Castle Yatsushiro Castle Nakatsu Castle Tsunomure Castle Usuki Castle Saiki Castle Nobeoka Castle Sadowara Castle Shibushi Castle Chiran Castle
Okinawa	Zakimi Castle Katsuren Castle