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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

Recent Comments

ART commented on Kumamoto Castle (Jun 16, 2025)

Ahh i see a couple of different contributors. Thanks.

Eric commented on Kumamoto Castle (Jun 16, 2025)

"contributions from many years ago" - A few photos have details on the photo page if you click through. Non specified photos are from a JHS kid I used to correspond with but his mom didn't …

ART commented on Kumamoto Castle (Jun 16, 2025)

Where do the gallery photos come from?

ART commented on Migawa Castle (Hitachi) (Jun 12, 2025)

This page is under review ^_^"

ART commented on Katsumoto Castle (Jun 9, 2025)

Found a stray unnamed photo file but when I had a look at it I saw the signboard for Katsumoto Castle, so I've put it here (removed the car license plate).

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-This is the new home of Jcastle info.  It is still under development but all the castles and castle photos have been migrated. You can mostly use this site as you would have the original Jcastle.info. 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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