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 Japanese Castles - http://www.hungry.com/~jamie/castle.html A few photographs by Jamie Marconi of the more famous castles in Japan. |
 Castles of Japan - http://pages.ca.inter.net/~ttoyooka/oshiro/ Takashi Toyooka offers a location map, brief description, thumbnail photographs and any relevant links for each castle. Select via an interactive map or an index. Bibliography. |
 Shiro: A Japanese Castle - http://www.angelfire.com/wy/svenskildbiter/shiro.html Stephen Wyley discusses the development and aspects of Japanese castles. Drawings by Steven Lowe. |
 Nijo Castle - http://www.columbia.edu/itc/ealac/V3613/kyoto/frames/aut_nijo.htm Kyoto castle built by the first Tokugawa shogun. |
 Castles of Japan - http://www.castlejapan.com/ Aryn Lickey provides a computer aided montage of how Yonago Castle might have appeared, with a map of its location. |
 Oshiro Meguri Fan - http://www.shirofan.com/english.html Gallery in Japan castle and city's setting. |
 The Castles of Japan - http://library.thinkquest.org/C001119/ ThinkQuest provides an illustrated guide to surviving castles, together with the historic context and design features. Includes a bibliography and simulations of castle-storming. |
 Inuyama Castle - http://www.yamasa.org/japan/english/destinations/aichi/inuyama.html History, scale, video clip and successive owner. |
 Japanese castles - http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2296.html Structures, castle town, history, guard tower and wall and moat. |
 Goryokaku - http://web-japan.org/atlas/historical/his01.html Constructed reason,record of war,size of building. |
 Japanese Castles - http://tanutech.com/japan/jcastles.html List of castle ruins and history. |
 Guide to Japanese Castles - http://www.jcastle.info/ Eric Obershaw provides a general history and description of castles in Japan, and photographs of castles he has visited, with histories taken from the official brochures and display text. |
 Wikipedia: Azuchi Castle - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azuchi_Castle An illustrated history and description of this fortress built 1576-1579 by Oda Nobunaga on the shores of Lake Biwa. |
 Wikipedia: Edo Castle - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edo_Castle An illustrated history and description of this castle built in 1457 by Ōta Dōkan in what is now the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo. |
 Wikipedia: Osaka Castle - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osaka_Castle An illustrated history and description of this important castle, built from 1583 by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. |
 Matsumoto Castle - http://www.m-shinano.com/matsu/shiro.htm History, design and photograph of castle tower and decoration. |
 Castles of Japan - http://www.gocastlesgo.com Dale Kenny lists over 300 castles, and provides a photograph for many of those which survive. |
 Kumamoto Castle Photo - http://kumamotoben.jp/en/photos-castle.html Photograph in inside and surrounding area in castle. |
 Shurijo Castle - http://www.wonder-okinawa.jp/001/index-e.html History, draw up a city plan, video and people of castle. |
 Gifu Castle - http://www.gifucvb.or.jp/en/kankou/meisyo/gifujo.shtml Size of a building, former inhabitant, photo,access information. |
 Virtual Tour Himeji Castle - http://www.himeji-castle.gr.jp/ History, map, tour and gallery of photographs of this magnificent timber castle on a stone base, built in 1601 by Terumasa Ikeda - a World Heritage site. By Hakurotowa No Kai. |
 Japanese Castle - http://castle.ad-g.tv/ History, movie, and links. |