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Castle in Hiroshima Prefecture

1．Ogurayama Castle  ・Mountaintop style Japanese castle
Ogurayama Castle (小倉山城, Ogurayama-jō) was a Japanese castle located in Kitahiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture. Its ruins have been protected by the central government as a National Historic Site since 1986 as part of the "Kikkawa clan fortification ruins" along with Surugamaru Castle and Hinoyama Castle.[1]
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2．Kagamiyama Castle (Higashihiroshima)  ・yamashiro-style Japanese castle
Kagamiyama Castle (鏡山城, Kagamiyama-jō) was a yamajiro-style Japanese castle located in what is today part of the city of Higashihiroshima in Hiroshima Prefecture. Its ruins have been protected by the central government as a National Historic Site since 1957.[1]
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3．Suzuo Castle
Suzuo Castle (鈴尾城) was the main castle of the Fukubara clan. It is located in Fukubara of Akitakata, Hiroshima, in what used to be Aki Province. It is also known as "Fukubara Castle" (福原城).[1] It is also famous as the birthplace of the warlord Mōri Motonari.[2][3][4]
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4．Surugamaru Castle  ・Mountaintop style Japanese castle
Surugamaru Castle (駿河丸城, Surugamaru-jō) was a Japanese castle located in Kitahiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture. Its ruins have been protected by the central government as a National Historic Site since 1986 as part of the "Kikkawa clan fortification ruins" along with Ogurayama Castle and Hinoyama Castle.[1]
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5．Takayama Castle (Mihara)  ・yamashiro-style Japanese castle
Takayama Castle (高山城, Takayama-jō) of Aki Province was a yamajiro-style Japanese castle located in what is today the Hongō neighborhood of the city of Mihara in Hiroshima Prefecture. Its ruins have been protected by the central government as a National Historic Site since 1957.[1]
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6．Tajihi-Sarugake Castle  ・Mountaintop style Japanese castle
Tajihi-Sarugake Castle (多治比猿掛城, Tajihi-Sarugake-jō) was a Japanese castle located in Akitakata, Hiroshima Prefecture. Its ruins have been protected by the central government as a National Historic Site together with Yoshida-Kōriyama Castle since 1940.[1]
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7．Niitakayama Castle  ・yamashiro-style Japanese castle
Niitakayama Castle (新高山城, Niitakayama-jō) of Aki Province was a yamajiro-style Japanese castle located in what is today the Hongō neighborhood of the city of Mihara in Hiroshima Prefecture. Its ruins have been protected by the central government as a National Historic Site since 1957.[1]
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8．Hinoyama Castle  ・Mountaintop style Japanese castle
Hinoyama Castle (日野山城, Hinoyama-jō) was a Japanese castle located in the town of Kitahiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture. Its ruins have been protected by the central government as a National Historic Site since 1940 as part of the Kikkawa clan castle ruins.[1][2]
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9．Fukuyama Castle  ・Japanese castle
Fukuyama Castle (福山城, Fukuyama-jō), sometimes called Hisamatsu Castle (久松城, Hisamatsu-jō) or Iyō Castle (葦陽城, Iyō-jō) was the castle of the Bingo-Fukuyama Han during the Edo period[1] of Japanese history. The grounds of the castle have been designate a National Historic Site since 1964. [2][3] The castle is located in Fukuyama Park in Fukuyama, Hiroshima near Fukuyama Station.
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10．Mihara Castle  ・yamashiro-style Japanese castle
Mihara Castle (三原城, Mihara-jō) was a hirajiro-style Japanese castle located in what is today the city of Mihara in Hiroshima Prefecture. Its ruins have been protected by the central government as a National Historic Site since 1957.[1]
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11．Miyao Castle  ・Hill-on-Plains castle (平山城)
Miyao Castle (宮尾城, miyao-jō) was a fortification built on the island of Itsukushima (also known as Miyajima) during the Sengoku Period in Japan. Although referred to as a Japanese castle, it did not have a donjon (tenshu) or serve as the residence of a land-holding noble, and therefore is probably more within the definition of a hill fort, rather than a true castle.[1] Built by Mōri Motonari, Miyao Castle was part of a greater plan to bait and trap his enemy, Sue Harukata, which culminated in the Battle of Miyajima in 1555.
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12．Yoshida-Kōriyama Castle  ・Mountaintop style Japanese castle
Yoshida-Kōriyama Castle (吉田郡山城, Yoshida-Kōriyama-jō) was a Japanese castle located in Akitakata, Hiroshima Prefecture. It was also called Aki-Kōriyama Castle (安芸郡山城, Aki-Kōriyama-jō) from its location in former Aki Province. Its ruins have been protected by the central government as a National Historic Site since 1940.[3]
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13．Hiroshima Castle  ・Azuchi-Momoyama castle
Hiroshima Castle (広島城, Hiroshima-jō), sometimes called Carp Castle (鯉城, Rijō), is a castle in Hiroshima, Japan that was the residence of the daimyō (feudal lord) of the Hiroshima Domain. The castle was originally constructed in the 1590s, but was largely destroyed by the atomic bombing on August 6, 1945. The main keep was rebuilt in 1958, a replica of the original that now serves as a museum of Hiroshima's history before World War II, and other castle buildings have been reconstructed since.
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14．Miiri-Takamatsu Castle  ・Mountaintop castle
Miiri-Takamatsu Castle (三入高松城, Miiri-Takamatsu -jō)) is the remains of a castle structure in Asakita-ku, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. It is located on a 339-meter mountain. One of the 18 Generals of Mōri, Kumagai Nobunao was commander of the castle.[1] In the Sengoku period, Kumagai clan moved their main bastion from Isegatsubo Castle to the castle since Isegatsubo Castle was considered unsuitable to withstanding a siege, and used the castle until Mōri clan moved to Suō Province.[2][3][4]
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