• Shiro: A Japanese Castle - Stephen Wyley discusses the development and aspects of Japanese castles. Drawings by Steven Lowe.
  • Wikipedia: Osaka Castle - An illustrated history and description of this important castle, built from 1583 by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
  • Oshiro Meguri Fan - Gallery in Japan castle and city's setting.
  • Nijo Castle - Kyoto castle built by the first Tokugawa shogun.
  • Castles of Japan - 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.
  • Gifu Castle - Size of a building, former inhabitant, photo,access information.
  • Castles of Japan - Aryn Lickey provides a computer aided montage of how Yonago Castle might have appeared, with a map of its location.
  • Matsumoto Castle - History, design and photograph of castle tower and decoration.
  • Wikipedia: 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.
  • Japanese Castles - A few photographs by Jamie Marconi of the more famous castles in Japan.
  • Shurijo Castle - History, draw up a city plan, video and people of castle.
  • Inuyama Castle - History, scale, video clip and successive owner.
  • Virtual Tour Himeji Castle - 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.
  • Goryokaku - Constructed reason,record of war,size of building.
  • Castles of Japan - Dale Kenny lists over 300 castles, and provides a photograph for many of those which survive.
  • Guide to Japanese Castles - 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 Castles - List of castle ruins and history.
  • Japanese Castle - History, movie, and links.
  • The Castles of Japan - ThinkQuest provides an illustrated guide to surviving castles, together with the historic context and design features. Includes a bibliography and simulations of castle-storming.
  • Wikipedia: Azuchi Castle - An illustrated history and description of this fortress built 1576-1579 by Oda Nobunaga on the shores of Lake Biwa.
  • Japanese castles - Structures, castle town, history, guard tower and wall and moat.