Saitama · Landmarks

Best Castle & Palace in Saitama

5 places, each checked by our team.

• Hachigata Castle Ruins & History Museum 鉢形城跡・鉢形城歴史館Yorii — Riverside Hojo castle in Yorii with restored stone-faced earthworks and gates, and a castle history museum.
• Kawagoe Castle Honmaru Goten 川越城Kawagoe — The surviving 1848 palace of Kawagoe Castle, one of only two castle honmaru palaces left in Japan; Top 100 Castle.
• Musashi-Matsuyama Castle Ruins 松山城跡（吉見町）Yoshimi / Higashi-Matsuyama — Hilltop castle site in Yoshimi with deep dry moats, next to the Yoshimi Hyakuana ancient tombs.
• Oshi Castle (Gyoda City Local Museum) 忍城（行田市郷土博物館）Gyoda — The 'floating castle' of the 1590 siege, with a rebuilt three-tier turret you can climb as part of the city museum.
• Sugiyama Castle Ruins 杉山城跡Ranzan — Masterpiece of Sengoku earthwork design in Ranzan, with intricate moats and baileys on a low hill.