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This is the list of Empire of Japan coastal fortresses in existence during World War II. Fortresses on Japanese archipelago were led by the Commander of the Japanese Metropolitan Fortification System whose headquarters was in Tokyo Bay Fortress. The rest of exterior fortress system in the Provinces was managed in their respective Army or Navy ...
After the Meiji restoration, the primary threats to the new Empire of Japan were perceived to be Qing China's Beiyang fleet, followed by the Russian Empire's Pacific Fleet. The Meiji government ordered the construction of a set of coastal fortifications to protect the western entrance to the Seto Inland Sea and the cities of Osaka, Kobe and ...
Other similar structures were constructed inland in these provinces. In similar form it organized other fortified districts inside mainland Japan (coastal and inner mountainous areas) and overseas provinces (Taiwan, Ryukyu, South Seas Mandate, etc.) Such installations that were constructed for defensive/offensive purposes were used by both sides.
Tokyo Bay Fortress (東京湾要塞, Tokyo-wan yosai) was the name of a group of coastal fortifications built to guard the entrance to Tokyo Bay and thus the city of Tokyo from attack from the sea. These gun batteries and fortifications ceased to be used after the end of World War II .
Shimonoseki Fortress (下関要塞, Shimonoseki yōsai) was the name of a group of coastal fortifications built in the Meiji period to guard the entrance to Kanmon Straits separating Honshu and Kyushu, two of Japan's four main islands. These gun batteries and fortifications ceased to be used after the end of World War II.
Hōyo Fortress (豊予要塞, Hōyo yōsai) was the name of a group of coastal fortifications built to guard the Hōyo Strait at the entrance to Bungo Channel between the Japanese islands of Kyushu and Shikoku and this the western entrance to the Seto Inland Sea. These gun batteries and fortifications ceased to be used after the end of World ...
Numerous feudal domains were ordered to establish fortifications along their coastlines, with shore artillery located at strategic locations. The daimyō of Tottori Domain , Ikeda Yoshinori was the fifth son of Tokugawa Nariaki of Mito Domain and at the time was a hard-line supporter of the sonnō jōi movement as promoted by the Mitogaku ...
The Obama Domain Battery (小浜藩台場跡, Obama-han Hōdai-ato) was a series of 30 Bakumatsu period coastal artillery battery sites erected by Obama Domain on the Sea of Japan coast along what is now the coasts of the city of Obama and town of Ōi in the Hokuriku region of northern Japan. The ruins of these fortifications were collectively ...