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Castles in Japan

163
sites: 9
UNESCO: 7th c.
oldest

Castle ruins: 36
Castles: 126
Fortresses and forts: 1

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Regions

Register of sites

Hyōgo Prefecture 10

Aichi Prefecture 7

Shiga Prefecture 6

Kyōto Prefecture 6

Gifu Prefecture 6

Fukui Prefecture 6

Nagasaki Prefecture 6

Gunma Prefecture 6

Ōsaka Prefecture 5

Okinawa Prefecture 5

Nagano Prefecture 5

Okayama Prefecture 5

Ehime Prefecture 5

Fukuoka Prefecture 5

Mie Prefecture 5

Shizuoka Prefecture 4

Saitama Prefecture 4

Niigata Prefecture 4

Saga Prefecture 4

Shimane Prefecture 3

Hiroshima Prefecture 3

Hokkaidō 3

Aomori Prefecture 3

Fukushima Prefecture 3

Miyagi Prefecture 3

Ōita Prefecture 3

Yamagata Prefecture 3

Chiba Prefecture 3

Tokyo 2

Kumamoto Prefecture 2

Ishikawa Prefecture 2

Yamaguchi Prefecture 2

Akita Prefecture 2

Kagawa Prefecture 2

Toyama Prefecture 2

Tottori Prefecture 2

Ibaraki Prefecture 2

Nara Prefecture 2

Tochigi Prefecture 2

Yamanashi Prefecture 2

Tokushima Prefecture 2

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