Travel The 10 best Japanese castles in winter

[thomas]

Here's a ranking of the 10 best Japanese castles to visit in the winter, according to Nikkei Asia. Some of them look pretty impressive in their white coats. I have visited six of them.

Aizu-Wakamatsu Castle (read more here and here)​

The winter ranking:

1. Goryokaku (Hakodate, Hokkaido )
2. Matsumoto Castle (Matsumoto, Nagano)
3. Aizuwakamatsu Castle (Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima)
4. Hikone Castle (Hikone, Shiga)
5. Hirosaki Castle (Hirosaki, Aomori)
6. Kanazawa Castle (Kanazawa, Ishikawa)
7. Yokote Castle (Yokote, Akita)
8. Echizen Ono Castle (Ono, Fukui)
9. Takeda Castle ruins (Asago, Hyogo)
10. Yonezawa Castle ruins (Yonezawa, Yamagata)

The 10 best Japanese castles to visit during winter

Sparking light reflected off the snow adds brilliance to ancient monuments

asia.nikkei.com