Castles of Japan: Aryn Lickey provides a computer aided montage of how Yonago Castle might have appeared, with a map of its location.
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.
Goryokaku: Constructed reason,record of war,size of building.
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.
Inuyama Castle: History, scale, video clip and successive owner.
Japanese Castle: History, movie, and links.
Japanese Castles: A few photographs by Jamie Marconi of the more famous castles in Japan.
Japanese Castles: List of castle ruins and history.
Japanese castles: Structures, castle town, history, guard tower and wall and moat.
Kumamoto Castle Photo: Photograph in inside and surrounding area in castle.
Matsumoto Castle: History, design and photograph of castle tower and decoration.
Nijo Castle: Kyoto castle built by the first Tokugawa shogun.
Osaka Castle: Osaka built by Hideyoshi Toyotommi.Picture,history and access to the castle and maps of the surrounding area.
Oshiro Meguri Fan: Gallery in Japan castle and city's setting.
Shiro: A Japanese Castle: Stephen Wyley discusses the development and aspects of Japanese castles. Drawings by Steven Lowe.
Shurijo Castle: History, draw up a city plan, video and people of castle.
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.
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.
Wikipedia: Azuchi Castle: An illustrated history and description of this fortress built 1576-1579 by Oda Nobunaga on the shores of Lake Biwa.
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.
Wikipedia: Osaka Castle: An illustrated history and description of this important castle, built from 1583 by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.