Tokyo Hotels

Japan & Tokyo Directory : Castles

Japanese Castles http://www.hungry.com/~jamie/castle.html

Description: A few photographs by Jamie Marconi of the more famous castles in Japan.

Guide to Japanese Castles http://www.jcastle.info/

Description: 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.

Shiro: A Japanese Castle http://www.angelfire.com/wy/svenskildbiter/shiro.html

Description: Stephen Wyley discusses the development and aspects of Japanese castles. Drawings by Steven Lowe.

Himeji Castle http://www.jgc.co.jp/waza/a5_himeji/

Description: Detailed, illustrated history and description of this fine early 17th century castle and discussion of the technical orginality of its construction by a Japanese engineering company.

Castles of Japan: A Western Perspective http://www.castlejapan.com/

Description: Aryn Lickey provides a computer aided montage of how Yonago Castle might have appeared, with a map of its location.

Castles of Japan http://www.geocities.com/castlejapan/

Description: 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.

Nijo Castle http://www.columbia.edu/itc/ealac/V3613/kyoto/frames/aut_nijo.htm

Description: Kyoto castle built by the first Tokugawa shogun.

Virtual Tour Himeji Castle http://www.himeji-castle.gr.jp/

Description: 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.