Castle
Nagoya Castle
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Tips from locals
Ellen
December 12, 2017
Seventy percent of the daimyo feudal lords of the Edi period that laid the foundation for what evolved into modern day Japan had their roots in aichi. The history shaped by these daring men is not a relic of the past but an ongoing story.
J&K
January 20, 2017
Originally built in 1615 by the first Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, the Nagoya Castle Hommaru Palace was the residence and formal audience hall for his son, the Lord of the Owari Domain. Nagoya’s palace was regarded as a masterpiece, the finest example of Samurai-styled Shoin-zukuri castle architecture, and became the first castle to be designated a National Treasure. It was the most elegant and gorgeous palace of all, richly decorated with gold covered walls and stunning paintings by the famed Kano School, the finest artists of the day.
Originally built in 1615 by the first Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, the Nagoya Castle Hommaru Palace was the residence and formal audience hall for his son, the Lord of the Owari Domain. Nagoya’s palace was regarded as a masterpiece, the finest example of Samurai-styled Shoin-zukuri castle architecture, a…
J&K
December 1, 2016
Originally built in 1615 by the first Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, the Nagoya Castle Hommaru Palace was the residence and formal audience hall for his son, the Lord of the Owari Domain. Nagoya’s palace was regarded as a masterpiece, the finest example of Samurai-styled Shoin-zukuri castle architecture, and became the first castle to be designated a National Treasure. It was the most elegant and gorgeous palace of all, richly decorated with gold covered walls and stunning paintings by the famed Kano School, the finest artists of the day.
Originally built in 1615 by the first Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, the Nagoya Castle Hommaru Palace was the residence and formal audience hall for his son, the Lord of the Owari Domain. Nagoya’s palace was regarded as a masterpiece, the finest example of Samurai-styled Shoin-zukuri castle architecture, a…
Takahiro
June 3, 2014
Nagoya Castle was constructed on the orders of Ieyasu TOKUGAWA in order to secure an important position on the Tokaido road and to ward off attacks from the direction of Osaka.
Mido
August 31, 2013
During the Edo period, Nagoya Castle was the center of one of the most important castle towns in Japan—Nagoya-juku— and it included the most important stops along the Minoji.
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Location
1-1 Honmaru
Nagoya, Aichi