Location List

Shigenobu Okuma, twice prime minister of Japan and founder of Waseda University, was born in Saga. At Kaishokoji in Saga city (modern day Mizugae), where Shigenobu spent his childhood, there is a c...

Kunenan is a national scenic spot renown for its beautiful autumn leaves and was originally the holiday home of a Saga businessman named Taro Itami. The name "Kunenan" or literally "9 Year House" d...

Inasa Shrine is an old shrine, and while its actual age is unknown, it is recorded in Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku (The True History of Three Reigns of Japan) that the shrine was received by a lower 5th ...

Small overpass between Meotoishi station and Kanatake station. Good match with the rural view around.

The castle located in the center of the city and surrounded by moats in three sides.

727.8 meters in length.

11 meters high.

Maruyama Castle has a history of over 400 years. Its stone wall is recognized as the tallest in Japan at 20 meters, and the castle has been selected as one of the 100 Top castles of Japan.

The stone wall from the inner moat to the donjon displays a beautiful curve called “the slope of a fan.” Maruyama Castle has been designated a Historic Site of Japan, and its donjon and gates are I...

Kajiya Castle is said to have been constructed at the end of the Heian Period as a base for the Matsuura Clan. Only the Otemon Gate and stone walls remain on the castle site today.

Kagoshima Castle, also known as Tsurumaru Castle, was constructed from 1601 to 1604 by Matsudaira Iehisa. It was destroyed in a fire in 1874 and not rebuilt. The castle’s moats, stone walls, and a ...

You can see the castle from the beach.

Genboku Ito, a doctor and Dutch scholar, was born in Niiyama, Kanzaki-cho. Genboku lived in this old house until he was 21 years old. It is a thatched house with a hipped roof. A historic site in ...

Completed in 1902, it is a Western-style building with stately and graceful red brick contrasted with white granite. It has one basement floor and two stories above ground, with a wooden interior ...

A cape jutting out into the Sea of Genkai. The surrounding area is a large lawn, the east side of the cape is a rocky area with an underwater observatory, and the west side is a sandy beach where ...

A famous mountain castle in Japan, the Gassan Toda Castle served as the seat of the powerful Amago clan from 1396 to 1566. It was regarded as the most impregnable castle in all of Japan, but in 156...

Tsuwano Castle was built on a mountain top overlooking the town in 1295. In the early 1600s, stone walls were added to the castle, but the main keep burnt down in 1686 after being struck by lightni...

Tottori Castle was originally built in 1532 and served as the regional center of power during the Sengoku Period. During the Edo Period, it was owned by the Ikeda Clan. Today the stone walls and a ...

The ruins of Takamatsu Castle, also called Tamamo Castle, is now the Tamamo Park. The castle site has been a National Historic Site since 1955, and the castle is known for being one of three castle...

The Nakao Castle Park is located at the former site of a mountaintop castle, the Nakao Castle. With the red bridge as its landmark, the park is full of flowers throughout the year and offers a magn...

The castle was built in 1718 by Matsura Atsunobu, the sixth lord of Hirado. Although it was dismantled during the Meiji Restoration, the main keep of the castle (a.k.a. Kameoka Castle) stands on a ...

Located on Oita Prefecture's Kunisaki Peninsula around Kitsuki Castle, Kitsuki is said to be Japan’s smallest castle town. The city has two hills with a valley in between. There are two slopes, Suy...

Ishida Castle (a.k.a. Fukue Castle) is the remains of a castle structure in Goto, Nagasaki. The construction of the castle started in 1849 and was completed 15 year later in 1863, with more than 50...

Yonago Castle was built sometime in the late 15th century and became the leading fortification in the San-in region after additional constructions. It was built on top of Mt. Minato, a point of str...