First of all, there's something to say. Unfortunately most of Japanese castles have been destroyed either at the end of the samurai era or during the WWII. Let's start with one of the few original castle.
松本 Matsumoto
Matsumoto 's castle is one of the few original castle in Japan and it's of course a Japanese National Treasure. It's completely made of wood, in order to enter you have to take off your shoes. From the top of the castle you can see a very beautiful view of the city of Matsumoto and the Japanese Alps.
高島 Takashima
This castle is in Suwa and it's a small one but with a very nice garden. The original was destroyed at the end of the samurai era. But people in Suwa missed their landmark so they rebuild in the '60.
名古屋 Nagoya
This castle was rebuild after the WWII. It was the castle of the Tokugawa, the shogun dinasty that ruled Japan until the Meji era. As you can imagine is really big and impressive.
The two golden daulphins are the only part of the castle that was saved from the fire.
大阪 Osaka
Finally Osaka's castle also a very big one and again not original but rebuilt after WWWII.
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