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This category　make a thorough study of site concerning the castle in Japan.

Resources in This Category

• 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.

• Goryokaku

  http://web-japan.org/atlas/historical/his01.html
  Constructed reason,record of war,size of building.

• 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.

• Japanese Castle

  http://castle.ad-g.tv/
  History, movie, and links.

• Japanese Castle Explorer

  http://www.japanese-castle-explorer.com/
  An interactive map, pictures and information about the Castles of Japan.

• Japanese Castles

  http://www.hungry.com/~jamie/castle.html
  A few photographs by Jamie Marconi of the more famous castles in Japan.

• Japanese Castles

  http://tanutech.com/japan/jcastles.html
  List of castle ruins and history.

• Japanese castles

  http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2296.html
  Structures, castle town, history, guard tower and wall and moat.

• Japanese Castles

  http://www.japanvisitor.com/index.php?cID=426&pID=1576
  Read guides to Japanese castles and Japanese castle architecture including Himeji Castle, Kumamoto Castle, Nijo Castle and other important castles.

• Japan’s 100 Famous Castles And Castle Ruins

  http://www.matsumasa.com/maps/e_castle100/
  Famous 100 castles map in JAPAN. Selected by the authority(JAPAN CASTLE Association )

• Nijo Castle

  http://www.columbia.edu/itc/ealac/V3613/kyoto/frames/aut_nijo.htm
  Kyoto castle built by the first Tokugawa shogun.

• Oshiro Meguri Fan

  http://www.shirofan.com/english.html
  Gallery in Japan castle and city's setting.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

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