Japan's Top 100 Castles
Name Prefecture City Year completed Built by
Takaoka Castle 高岡城 Toyama Takaoka 1609 Maeda Toshinaga
Nanao Castle 七尾城 Ishikawa Nanao 1429 Hatakeyama Mitsunori
Kanazawa Castle 金沢城 Ishikawa Kanazawa 1580 Sakuma Morimasa
Maruoka Castle 丸岡城 Fukui Sakai 1576 Shibata Katsutoyo
Echizen Ōno Castle 大野城 Fukui Ōnojō 665 ?
Ichijōdani Castle 一乗谷城 Fukui Fukui Nanboku-chō period Asakura clan
Hokiriku region
The castles in were chosen based on their significance in culture, history, and in their regions by the in 2006. In 2017, Japanese Castle Foundation created an additional finest 100 castles list as Continued Top 100 Japanese Castles.