Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index A castle town is a kind of town or city where residents live surrounding the castle at the center. Many large towns and cities in Japan are originally created as a castle town. Among them are: Kumamoto Nagoya Castle towns are also common in Medieval Europe, where towns would form around ancient Roman fortresses. A good example is London, which sprang up around ancient Londinium. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.