Japan's Top 100 Castles
Name Prefecture City Year completed Built by
Hirosaki Castle 弘前城 Aomori Hirosaki 1611 Tsugaru Tamenobu Tsugaru Nobuhira
Ne Castle 根城 Aomori Hachinohe 1334 Moroyuki Nanbu
Morioka Castle 盛岡城 Iwate Morioka 1598 Nanbu Nobunao
Sendai Castle 仙台城 Miyagi Sendai 1601 Date Masamune
Taga Fort 多賀城 Miyagi Tagajō 724 Ōno no Azumabito
Kubota Castle 久保田城 Akita Akita 1604 Satake Yoshinobu
Yamagata Castle 山形城 Yamagata Yamagata 1356 Shiba Kaneyori
Nihonmatsu Castle 二本松城 Fukushima Nihonmatsu Muromachi period Hatakeyama Mitsuyasu
Aizuwakamatsu Castle 会津若松城 Fukushima Aizuwakamatsu 1384 Ashina Naomori
Komine Castle 小峰城 Fukushima Shirakawa 1340 Yūki Chikatomo
Tōhoku 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.