Hilltop

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Hilltop Castles / 平山城

This is a subtype of Castle Type

Hilltop Castles are probably the ideal castle type, in my opinion. If there is a suitable hill or small mountain to build a castle on it allows the lord the ability to take advantage of the difference in elevation and natural features of the land to create defenses, as well as the ability to double up with the extensive moats of a Flatland Castles. The much more accessible site provides the lord with a more suitable location for administration and the ability to develop a castle town surrounding the castle, which itself can act as a defensive perimeter. Iyo Matsuyama Castle and Himeji Castle are two exemplary original castles which display all these features. The Hilltop Castle is also known for reforming the land and carving the hill to meet the purposes of the castle, much more significantly than a Mountaintop Castle likely would have.

Castles with Hilltop Castles
  1. Aizu Wakamatsu Castle
  2. Akagi Kita Castle
  3. Akagi Minami Castle
  4. Akashi Castle
  5. Akasu Castle (Ina)
  6. Akatsuka Castle
  7. Akechi Jin'ya
  8. Aki Castle
  9. Annaka Castle
  10. Aoyama Castle (Omi)
  11. Ara Castle (Ina)
  12. Aragaito Fort
  13. Araino Castle (Mikawa)
  14. Asukayama Castle
  15. Awazawa Castle (Suwa)
  16. Azuchi Castle
  17. Binmanji Castle
  18. Chiba Castle
  19. Chigasaki Castle
  20. Chinaha Castle
  21. Chiran Castle
  22. Choujayama Castle
  23. Doudo Castle (Mikawa)
  24. Edo Castle
  25. Fubukikaito Castle (Ina)
  26. Fujihashi Castle (Tokyo)
  27. Fujita Castle
  28. Fukuchiyama Castle
  29. Fukuoka Castle
  30. Fukuyama Castle
  31. Fukuyo Castle
  32. Funehiki Castle
  33. Furukawa Castle
  34. Furumiya Castle
  35. Furusutobaru Ruins
  36. Goi Castle (Mikawa)
  37. Gushikawa Castle (Kumejima Okinawa)
  38. Haba Castle
  39. Habako Castle
  40. Hachigata Castle
  41. Hachinohe Castle
  42. Hakoyanagi Castle
  43. Hamamatsu Castle
  44. Hanamaki Castle
  45. Hanaoka Castle (Suwa)
  46. Hanawa Castle
  47. Harano Castle (Suwa)
  48. Haranomoto Castle
  49. Hattori Castle (Koka)
  50. Hazu Castle (Ise)
  51. Higashi Maruoka Castle (Koka)
  52. Higashi Sakabe Castle
  53. Higuchiuchi Castle (Ina)
  54. Hikone Castle
  55. Hikuma Castle
  56. Himeji Castle
  57. Hino Castle
  58. Hinode Castle
  59. Hirado Castle
  60. Hirai Castle
  61. Hirao Castle (Ise)
  62. Hiratsuka Castle
  63. Hirosaki Castle
  64. Hitoyoshi Castle
  65. Hizen Nagoya Castle
  66. Hobonishi Castle
  67. Hokkyu Jin'ya
  68. Ichiba Castle (Ise)
  69. Iga Ueno Castle
  70. Iida Castle
  71. Iino Taira Castle
  72. Iiyama Castle
  73. Ikeda Castle
  74. Imai Castle
  75. Imai Fort
  76. Imoto Castle (Omi)
  77. Inamura Castle (Ina)
  78. Inamurafuru Castle
  79. Inatsuke Castle
  80. Inawashiro Castle
  81. Innoshima Suigun Castle
  82. Inokuchi Castle
  83. Inuinofuru Castle
  84. Inuyama Castle
  85. Ishida Castle (Mikawa)
  86. Ishigami Castle
  87. Ishinomaki Castle
  88. Isshiki Castle (Suruga)
  89. Itabashi Castle
  90. Itoigawa Jinya
  91. Itokazu Castle
  92. Itousakaue Fort
  93. Iwabuchi Castle (Aida)
  94. Iwaki Taira Castle
  95. Iwasaki Castle
  96. Iwasaki Castle (Mutsu)
  97. Iwasaki Yakata
  98. Iwazu Ino Castle
  99. Iwazushin Castle
  100. Iyo Matsuyama Castle
  101. Izu Nagahama Castle
  102. Izuki Jin'ya
  103. Izushi Castle
  104. Jindaiji Castle
  105. Jizen Castle (Koka)
  106. Joumura Castle (Ina)
  107. Joumurafuru Castle
  108. Jounoue Fort
  109. Kadone Castle (Omi)
  110. Kajiya Castle
  111. Kake Castle (Hazu)
  112. Kakegawa Castle
  113. Kakinohana Castle
  114. Kakutsugawa Castle
  115. Kamei Castle
  116. Kameyama Battery
  117. Kameyama Castle
  118. Kameyama Castle (Azumi)
  119. Kameyama Castle (Mikawa)
  120. Kamihiraideko Castle (Ina)
  121. Kamijima Castle (Ina)
  122. Kamimakifuru Castle
  123. Kaminogou Castle
  124. Kaminoyama Castle
  125. Kamioka Castle
  126. Kanazawa Castle
  127. Karatsu Castle
  128. Kariya Castle
  129. Kasashima Castle
  130. Kashiwara Castle
  131. Kasuga Castle (Ina)
  132. Katahara Castle (Mikawa)
  133. Katakura Castle
  134. Katsumoto Castle
  135. Katsuyama Castle (Yatsushiro)
  136. Kawahara Castle
  137. Kawashima Castle
  138. Kiga Jin'ya
  139. Kitano Castle (Ina)
  140. Kitsuki Castle
  141. Kitsune Castle (Azumi)
  142. Kiyomizu Castle (Ina)
  143. Kochi Castle
  144. Kofu Castle
  145. Kogane Castle
  146. Koide Castle (Ina)
  147. Kokokuji Castle
  148. Komaki Castle
  149. Komesu Castle
  150. Komoro Castle
  151. Konodai Castle
  152. Koromo Castle
  153. Kotsukuriko Castle
  154. Koyama Castle
  155. Koyama Castle (Kai)
  156. Kozukue Castle
  157. Kubota Castle
  158. Kumamoto Castle
  159. Kuno Castle
  160. Kunohe Castle
  161. Kuraji Castle (Koka)
  162. Kurata Castle (Ina)
  163. Kurume Castle
  164. Kushima Castle
  165. Kushizaki Castle
  166. Machimura Fort
  167. Maeda Battery
  168. Mamushizuka Castle
  169. Marugame Castle
  170. Marune Castle
  171. Maruoka Castle
  172. Maruoka Castle (Koka)
  173. Maruyama Castle (Ina)
  174. Maruyama Fort (Kai)
  175. Masugata Castle (Suwa)
  176. Masujima Castle
  177. Masuo Castle
  178. Matsue Castle
  179. Matsuo Castle (Ina)
  180. Matsusaka Castle
  181. Matsushima Castle (Ina)
  182. Matsuyama Castle (Saitama)
  183. Mayamahigashi Castle
  184. Mibuno Castle (Iga)
  185. Migawa Castle (Hitachi)
  186. Miki Castle
  187. Minami Kumai Castle
  188. Minami Sakaide Castle
  189. Minamiohshio Castle (Suwa)
  190. Minebata Castle
  191. Minokubi Castle
  192. Minowa Castle
  193. Minowa Castle (Ina)
  194. Minton Castle
  195. Misonoko Castle
  196. Mito Castle
  197. Miyao Castle
  198. Mogusa Castle
  199. Momochi Tamba Castle
  200. Morioka Castle
  201. Moriyama Castle (Owari)
  202. Moroto Castle
  203. Motojuku Jin'ya
  204. Motosakura Castle
  205. Mukade Castle
  206. Murakami Castle
  207. Muraoka Castle (Ina)
  208. Murasame Castle (Koka)
  209. Muro Castle
  210. Myokenji Castle
  211. Nabeyama Castle (Nagato)
  212. Nagao Castle (Azumi)
  213. Nagasakaue Fort
  214. Nagasawa Castle
  215. Nagasawa Jin'ya
  216. Nagasawa Kannondou Castle
  217. Najima Castle
  218. Naka Castle
  219. Nakagome Castle (Ina)
  220. Nakamaki Castle
  221. Nakamura Castle
  222. Nakamura Castle (Soma)
  223. Nakao Castle (Kai)
  224. Nakasai Castle
  225. Nakayama Castle (Suwa)
  226. Namazue Castle
  227. Nanzan Castle
  228. Narumi Castle
  229. Ninomiya Castle (Musashi)
  230. Nishinohara Fort
  231. Nitchu Castle
  232. Nobeoka Castle
  233. Noda Castle (Shitara)
  234. Norisada Jin'ya
  235. Nouken Castle
  236. Nouken Dousaka Fort
  237. Nouken Nishi Fort
  238. Oba Castle
  239. Obi Castle
  240. Odaka Castle
  241. Odano Castle
  242. Odawara Castle
  243. Ogawa Castle
  244. Ogura Castle (Omi)
  245. Ogurayama Castle
  246. Ogurayamagami Castle
  247. Oguro Castle (Ina)
  248. Oh'ide Castle
  249. Oh'idefuru Castle
  250. Ohguma Castle
  251. Ohhata Castle (Mikawa)
  252. Ohkubo Castle (Ina)
  253. Ohno Castle (Chita)
  254. Ohnoda Castle
  255. Ohsawa Castle (Mikawa)
  256. Ohshima Jin'ya
  257. Ohtaki Castle (Mikawa)
  258. Ohtawara Castle
  259. Ohtsubo Fort
  260. Ohtsubono Fort
  261. Ohtsuka Moated Settlement
  262. Oike Fort
  263. Ojima Castle (Mikawa)
  264. Okami Castle
  265. Okaya Castle (Suwa)
  266. Okayama Castle
  267. Okazaki Castle
  268. Okishi Castle III (Koka)
  269. Okiyama Fort
  270. Okkoshi Castle
  271. Okkoto Jinjou
  272. Omi Hachiman Castle
  273. Omotegi Castle (Ina)
  274. Orido Castle
  275. Oriji Castle
  276. Osaka Castle (Ibaraki)
  277. Osakabe Castle
  278. Otaki Castle
  279. Otowa Castle
  280. Ozu Castle
  281. Saiki Castle
  282. Sakasai Castle
  283. Sakata Castle
  284. Sakata Castle (Chikuzen)
  285. Sakura Castle
  286. Sakurabora Castle
  287. Sakurazakaue Fort
  288. Sano Castle
  289. Sasayama Castle
  290. Seirin Fort
  291. Seiryuin
  292. Sekinomori Castle
  293. Senpuku Castle
  294. Shachinomi Jin'ya
  295. Shichinohe Castle
  296. Shimomakifuru Castle
  297. Shimono Castle (Ina)
  298. Shimoyama Castle (Koka)
  299. Shimoyama Kita Castle (Koka)
  300. Shimura Castle
  301. Shingu Castle
  302. Shingu Castle (Koka)
  303. Shingushi Castle (Koka)
  304. Shinpu Castle
  305. Shinshiro Castle
  306. Shirakawa Castle
  307. Shiroishi Castle
  308. Shoumanji Fort
  309. Shuri Castle
  310. Sokura Castle (Ina)
  311. Sone Castle (Omi)
  312. Sonobe Castle
  313. Suemori Castle
  314. Suganuma Castle (Ina)
  315. Sugiyama Castle
  316. Sumoto Castle
  317. Suzuoka Castle (Ina)
  318. Taga Castle
  319. Taishou Encampment (Ena)
  320. Takada Castle (Ina)
  321. Takagifuru Castle
  322. Takagiuchi Castle
  323. Takai Castle
  324. Takamifuru Castle
  325. Takashimako Castle
  326. Takato Castle
  327. Takayama Castle (Hida)
  328. Takayashikidate
  329. Takemoto Castle (Mikawa)
  330. Takenaka Castle (Koka)
  331. Takiwaki Jin'ya
  332. Tamagusuku Castle
  333. Tamaru Castle
  334. Tanagi Castle (Ina)
  335. Tanba Kameyama Castle
  336. Tange Fort
  337. Tateyama Castle
  338. Tatsugoyama Castle
  339. Tatsuno Castle
  340. Tekozuka Castle
  341. Tenjin'yama Castle
  342. Tenpaku Castle (Ina)
  343. Terabe Castle (Hazu)
  344. To-no-oka
  345. Toba Castle
  346. Tobiyama Castle
  347. Tojo Castle
  348. Tokoname Castle
  349. Tokushima Castle
  350. Tomioka Castle
  351. Tomo Castle
  352. Tonojima Castle
  353. Toride Fort
  354. Torinji Castle
  355. Toro Castle (Mikawa)
  356. Toujou Fort
  357. Toyooka Castle
  358. Tsuchiyama Castle (Koka)
  359. Tsukie Fort
  360. Tsukikuma Castle
  361. Tsutsumihonji Castle
  362. Tsuyama Castle
  363. Tsuyama Castle (Koka)
  364. Uchi Castle (Ina)
  365. Uchikoshi Castle (Koka)
  366. Ueno Castle (Koka)
  367. Uenotaira Castle
  368. Ukigai Castle
  369. Urado Castle
  370. Urasoe Castle
  371. Urizura Castle
  372. Ushigome Castle
  373. Ushiku Castle
  374. Ushiku Jinya
  375. Usui Castle
  376. Usuida Shukuuchi Fort
  377. Usuki Castle
  378. Uwajima Castle
  379. Wakayama Castle
  380. Yakushidou Castle (Ina)
  381. Yamada Castle
  382. Yamaga Jin'ya
  383. Yamagami Castle
  384. Yamato Koriyama Castle
  385. Yamazaki Castle (Saitama)
  386. Yanagizakaue Fort
  387. Yasuoka Castle (Ina)
  388. Yokosuka Castle
  389. Yokote Castle
  390. Yonago Castle
  391. Yoshida Castle (Hitachi)
  392. Yoshioka Castle (Ina)
  393. Yuhigaoka Castle
  394. Zen Castle
  395. Zenshoji Fort
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