Japan's 12 original castle keeps
The top 3 according to 158 votes from people: Hirosaki Castle · Matsumoto Castle · Maruoka Castle. (Updated Apr 13, 2020.)
Only twelve castle keeps built in the Edo period or earlier survive in Japan. Twenty were still standing in the 1940s, but eight were lost, mostly in the war. From Hirosaki in the north to Kōchi in the south; five of them – Matsumoto, Inuyama, Hikone, Himeji and Matsue – are National Treasures.
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Top 12
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Hirosaki Castle
Hirosaki, Aomori. Keep built in 1810. The keep is an Important Cultural Property. The northernmost of the surviving keeps.
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Matsumoto Castle
Matsumoto, Nagano. Keep built in the 1590s. The keep is a National Treasure.
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Maruoka Castle
Sakai, Fukui. Keep built in the Kan'ei era (1624–1644). The keep is an Important Cultural Property.
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Inuyama Castle
Inuyama, Aichi. Keep built in 1596. The keep is a National Treasure.
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Kōchi Castle
Kōchi. Keep built in 1747. The keep is an Important Cultural Property.
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Bitchū Matsuyama Castle
Takahashi, Okayama. Keep built in 1681. The keep is an Important Cultural Property. The only mountaintop castle among the surviving keeps.
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Hikone Castle
Hikone, Shiga. Keep built in 1606. The keep is a National Treasure.
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Uwajima Castle
Uwajima, Ehime. Keep built in 1666. The keep is an Important Cultural Property.
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Himeji Castle
Himeji, Hyōgo. Keep built in 1608. The keep is a National Treasure. In 1993 one of Japan's first UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
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Matsuyama Castle
Matsuyama, Ehime. Keep built in 1852. The keep is an Important Cultural Property. The most recent of the surviving keeps.
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Matsue Castle
Matsue, Shimane. Keep built in 1607. The keep is a National Treasure.
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Marugame Castle
Marugame, Kagawa. Keep built in 1660. The keep is an Important Cultural Property.
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備中松山城、雲海の時期に行ったけど本当に天空の城だった。階段はきついけどおすすめ