100 Fine Castles of Japan

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building in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, Japan

one of the primary castles of Oda Nobunaga

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castle in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

castle in Hirosaki, Aomori prefecture, Japan

Japanese castle in Fukui Prefecture

fortification

castle in Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

castle in Iyo province (now Matsuyama, Ehime prefecture), Japan

Japanese castle in Hagi, Yamaguchi prefecture

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Japanese castle in Shimabara, Nagasaki prefecture

Japanese castle in Imabari, Ehime, Japan, which is well known as one of the three Mizujiro, or "Castles on the sea", in Japan

Castle ruins in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan

Japanese castle in Hirado, Nagasaki prefecture

Japanese castle in Akashi, Hyogo prefecture

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building in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, Japan

prehistoric site located in Yoshinogari, Saga, Japan

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Japanese castle located in Akō, Hyogo prefecture

Japanese castle located in Shizuoka

castle ruins in Tottori, Japan

fortification

castle in Nagahama in Shiga Prefecture, Japan

castle in Takamatsu, Kagawa prefecture, Japan

14th century castle in Hachinohe city, Aomori Prefecture, Japan

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Japanese castle in Takahashi, Okayama prefecture

building in Sasayama, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan

fortification

building in Kakegawa, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan

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fortification in Shirakawa, Japan

building in Ota, Gunma Prefecture, Japan

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building in Ueda, Nagano Prefecture, Japan

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list of 100 Japanese castles compiled by the Japanese Castle Association in 2006

Japanese castle in Saga city, Saga prefecture

home of the lords of the domain

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Japanese castle

Japanese castle located in Hizen province (now Saga prefecture)

building in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan

Japanese Castle

Japanese castle in Tsuwano, Shimane prefecture

building in Yorii, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

is a Buddhist temple of the Shingon tradition in the city of Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, in northern Kantō region of Japan. The honzon of the temple is a statue of Dainichi Nyōrai, leading to the temple's nickname of Dainichisama,. The temple is built on the ruins of the ancestral fortified residence of the Ashikaga clan who ruled Japan during the Muromachi shogunate, and its grounds are a National Historic Site thumb|250px|Buddha statue with votive offerings. Banna-ji

building in Yasugi, Shimane Prefecture, Japan

Japanese castle in Nagano prefecture, Japan

building in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan

building in Shibata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan

Japanese castle in Taketa, Oita prefecture

ruins of a Japanese castle in Takatori, Japan

fortification

building in Mishima, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan

Japanese historical site