Next 100 Castles

Following on the success of the original Top 100 most famous castles, published in 2006 by the Japan Castle Foundation, the same organization has released a list of the next 100 most famous castles. I'm a little disappointed that they kept the same criteria insisting that every prefecture be represented and no more than 4 for any one prefecture. Some very good castles have surely been looked over while some unworthy and mostly unknown castles have been included.

1. Akita Castle (Prefecture: Akita Prefecture)
2. Akutagawasan Castle (Prefecture: Osaka)
3. Arikoyama Castle (Prefecture: Hyogo Prefecture)
4. Bitchu Takamatsu Castle (Prefecture: Okayama Prefecture)
5. Chiran Castle (Prefecture: Kagoshima Prefecture)
6. Echizen Ohno Castle (Prefecture: Fukui Prefecture)
7. Fukuchiyama Castle (Prefecture: Kyoto)
8. Fukui Castle (Prefecture: Fukui Prefecture)
9. Furumiya Castle (Prefecture: Aichi Prefecture)
10. Genbao Castle (Prefecture: Fukui Prefecture)
11. Gujo Hachiman Castle (Prefecture: Gifu Prefecture)
12. Hamada Castle (Prefecture: Shimane Prefecture)
13. Hamamatsu Castle (Prefecture: Shizuoka Prefecture)
14. Ichinomiya Castle (Prefecture: Tokushima Prefecture)
15. Iimori Castle (Prefecture: Osaka)
16. Ishigakiyama Ichiya Castle (Prefecture: Kanagawa Prefecture)
17. Iwabitsu Castle (Prefecture: Gunma Prefecture)
18. Izushi Castle (Prefecture: Hyogo Prefecture)
19. Kamaha Castle (Prefecture: Shiga Prefecture)
20. Kaneyama Castle (Mino) (Prefecture: Gifu Prefecture)
21. Karasawayama Castle (Prefecture: Tochigi Prefecture)
22. Karatsu Castle (Prefecture: Saga Prefecture)
23. Kasama Castle (Prefecture: Ibaraki Prefecture)
24. Katsuren Castle (Prefecture: Okinawa Prefecture)
25. Kikuchi Castle (Prefecture: Kumamoto Prefecture)
26. Kishiwada Castle (Prefecture: Osaka)
27. Kitabatakeshi Yakata (Prefecture: Mie Prefecture)
28. Kokokuji Castle (Prefecture: Shizuoka Prefecture)
29. Kokura Castle (Prefecture: Fukuoka Prefecture)
30. Komaki Castle (Prefecture: Aichi Prefecture)
31. Kounomine Castle (Prefecture: Yamaguchi Prefecture)
32. Kozukue Castle (Prefecture: Kanagawa Prefecture)
33. Kuniyoshi Castle (Prefecture: Fukui Prefecture)
34. Kunohe Castle (Prefecture: Iwate Prefecture)
35. Kuroi Castle (Prefecture: Hyogo Prefecture)
36. Kurume Castle (Prefecture: Fukuoka Prefecture)
37. Mihara Castle (Prefecture: Hiroshima Prefecture)
38. Miharu Castle (Prefecture: Fukushima Prefecture)
39. Motosakura Castle (Prefecture: Chiba Prefecture)
40. Mukaihaguroyama Castle (Prefecture: Fukushima Prefecture)
41. Murakami Castle (Prefecture: Niigata Prefecture)
42. Naegi Castle (Prefecture: Gifu Prefecture)
43. Nagurumi Castle (Prefecture: Gunma Prefecture)
44. Nakatsu Castle (Prefecture: Oita Prefecture)
45. Namioka Castle (Prefecture: Aomori Prefecture)
46. Niitakayama Castle (Prefecture: Hiroshima Prefecture)
47. Nobeoka Castle (Prefecture: Miyazaki Prefecture)
48. Numata Castle (Prefecture: Gunma Prefecture)
49. Ogaki Castle (Prefecture: Gifu Prefecture)
50. Oko Castle (Prefecture: Kochi Prefecture)
51. Omi Hachiman Castle (Prefecture: Shiga Prefecture)
52. Oshi Castle (Prefecture: Saitama Prefecture)
53. Otaki Castle (Prefecture: Chiba Prefecture)
54. Saiki Castle (Prefecture: Oita Prefecture)
55. Shinagawa Battery Islands (Prefecture: Tokyo)
56. Shingu Castle (Prefecture: Wakayama Prefecture)
57. Shinoridate (Prefecture: Hokkaido)
58. Shinpu Castle (Prefecture: Yamanashi Prefecture)
59. Shiroishi Castle (Prefecture: Miyagi Prefecture)
60. Shouzui Castle (Prefecture: Tokushima Prefecture)
61. Sugaya Yakata (Prefecture: Saitama Prefecture)
62. Sugiyama Castle (Prefecture: Saitama Prefecture)
63. Sumoto Castle (Prefecture: Hyogo Prefecture)
64. Suwahara Castle (Prefecture: Shizuoka Prefecture)
65. Takada Castle (Niigata) (Prefecture: Niigata Prefecture)
66. Takashima Castle (Prefecture: Nagano Prefecture)
67. Takatenjin Castle (Prefecture: Shizuoka Prefecture)
68. Takiyama Castle (Prefecture: Tokyo)
69. Tamaru Castle (Prefecture: Mie Prefecture)
70. Tatsuoka Castle (Prefecture: Nagano Prefecture)
71. Torigoe Castle (Prefecture: Ishikawa Prefecture)
72. Toyama Castle (Prefecture: Toyama Prefecture)
73. Tsu Castle (Prefecture: Mie Prefecture)
74. Tsuchiura Castle (Prefecture: Ibaraki Prefecture)
75. Tsurugaoka Castle (Prefecture: Yamagata Prefecture)
76. Uda Matsuyama Castle (Prefecture: Nara Prefecture)
77. Usuki Castle (Prefecture: Oita Prefecture)
78. Wakimoto Castle (Prefecture: Akita Prefecture)
79. Yamato Koriyama Castle (Prefecture: Nara Prefecture)
80. Yatsushiro Castle (Prefecture: Kumamoto Prefecture)
81. Yogaisan Castle (Prefecture: Yamanashi Prefecture)
82. Yonago Castle (Prefecture: Tottori Prefecture)
83. Yonezawa Castle (Prefecture: Yamagata Prefecture)
84. Yoshida Castle (Prefecture: Aichi Prefecture)
85. Zakimi Castle (Prefecture: Okinawa Prefecture)