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Jcastle.info strives to be the most comprehensive guide to Japanese castles available in English. You can start by viewing castles from the popular categories above. You will also find a wealth of information about Samurai Homes, castle structures, stone quarries and more. Be sure to check the Feature Articles for some in-depth explorations into Japanese history through the window of castle topics too.

Recent Updates

Jun 7 Comment System Upgrade
May 24 Four new castles around Sasayama Hyogo
May 16 10 Kyoto Castles Update May 2025
Mar 23 Hagi Castle & Hagi Castle Town Project
Jan 23 Bitchu Matsuyama Castle and Ohmatsuyama Castle Updates
... further results

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-This is the new home of Jcastle info.  It is still under development but all the castles, photos, users, user visited lists, comments and ratings have been migrated.
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+  <div class="carousel-inner">
+    <div class="carousel-item active">
+[[File:Matsumoto_wide.jpg|class=img-responsive]]
+    </div>
+    <div class="carousel-item">
+[[File:Himeji.jpg|class=img-responsive]]
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+    <div class="carousel-item">
+[[File:Takeda_index1.jpg|class=img-responsive]]
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+    <div class="carousel-item">
+[[File:Bitchu_index.jpg|class=img-responsive]]
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+    <div class="carousel-item">
+[[File:Izunagahama_index.jpg|class=img-responsive]]
+    </div>
+    <div class="carousel-item">
+[[File:Matsuyama_index.jpg|class=img-responsive]]
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+    <div class="carousel-item">
+[[File:Takatori_index.jpg|class=img-responsive]]
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+    <div class="carousel-item">
+[[File:Tsuwano_index.jpg|class=img-responsive]]
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+    <div class="carousel-item">
+[[File:Takeda_index2.jpg|class=img-responsive]]
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</div>
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-If you were a registered user of the old Jcastle.info you need to use the [[Special:PasswordReset | Forgot Your Password link]] to reset your password before logging in again. Your new Username is your short name or Nickname from Jcastle.info NOT the email address. If you have forgotten your nickname, you can look at the [[Special:ListUsers | user list]] to find it.
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+Jcastle.info strives to be the most comprehensive guide to Japanese castles available in English. You can start by viewing castles from the popular categories above. You will also find a wealth of information about Samurai Homes, castle structures, stone quarries and more. Be sure to check the Feature Articles for some in-depth explorations into Japanese history through the window of castle topics too.
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 </div>
-Start by using the [[Special:BrowseData/Castles|Castle Selector]] to search for castles or browse the [[map]].
-Here is a rough plan for the upcoming enhancements. There are still many dead links and display problems I will also slowly correct as I work.
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+<h5 class="card-header">Recent Updates</h5>
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+ [[Category:News]]
-<div class="panel-heading">'''Phase 1''' (end June)</div>
+ |?NewsDate#-F[M j]
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+ |limit=5
-<p><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-check"></span> Setup information architecture</p>
+ |sort=NewsDate
-<p><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-check"></span> Develop a simple design</p>
+ |order=descending
-<p><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-check"></span> Migrate castles</p>
+ |format=template
-<p><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-check"></span> Migrate photos</p>
+ |template=newslisthome
-<p><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-check"></span> Develop mapping features</p>
+}}
-  </div>
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-<div class="panel panel-info" style="float:left;margin:10px;width=200px">
-  <div class="panel-heading">'''Phase 2''' (end July)</div>
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-  <div class="panel-body">
+<h5 class="card-header">Recent Comments</h5>
-<p><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-check"></span> Develop the login & user system</p>
+<div class="card-body">
-<p><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-check"></span> Import users and user pages</p>
+{{#widget:CommentsRSS}}
-<p><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-check"></span> Develop the Castle rating and comments system</p>
-<p><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-check"></span> Import user comments and ratings for each castle</p>
-<p><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-unchecked"></span> Clean up user interface and links</p>
-<p><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-unchecked"></span> switch the main www.jcastle.info domain to here</p>
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-</div>
-</div>
-<div>
-<div class="panel panel-info" style="float:left;margin:10px;width=200px">
-  <div class="panel-heading">'''Phase 3''' (end August)</div>
-  <div class="panel-body">
-<p><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-unchecked"></span> Work on a new and better design</p>
-<p><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-unchecked"></span> Finish the index pages for castle categories and properties</p>
-<p><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-unchecked"></span> Import all other pages and articles</p>
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-</div>
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 </div>
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+  		<ul class="list-group">
-<div class="container text-center">
+<li class="list-group-item"><h5>Popular Categories</h5></li>
-<p><i class="fa fa-facebook"></i></p>
+  			<li class="list-group-item list-group-item-action">[[Original_main_keep | <i class="fa fa-list-ul" style="font-size:1.4em"></i>  Original Castles]]</li>
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+  			<li class="list-group-item list-group-item-action">[[Top_100_Castles | <i class="fa fa-list-ul" style="font-size:1.4em"></i>  Top 100 Castles]]</li>
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+ 			<li class="list-group-item list-group-item-action">{{#drilldownlink:category=Castles|filters=AddedJcastle=2024|link text=<i class="fa  fa-calendar" style="font-size:1.4em"></i> Added in 2024}}</li>
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+  			<li class="list-group-item list-group-item-action">[[map | <i class="fa fa-map" style="font-size:1.4em"></i>  Map of all Castles]]</li>
+  			<li class="list-group-item list-group-item-action">[[Kanto | <i class="fa fa-map-marker" style="font-size:1.4em"></i>  Tokyo area castles]]</li>
+  			<li class="list-group-item list-group-item-action">[[Kinki | <i class="fa fa-map-marker" style="font-size:1.4em"></i>  Kyoto/Osaka area castles]]</li>
+  			<li class="list-group-item list-group-item-action">[[Special:BrowseData/Castles | <i class="fa  fa-search" style="font-size:1.4em"></i>  All castles]]</li>
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