Nagoya Castle — Attraction in Nagoya

NAGOYA CASTLE

A fine heritage to admire and preserve. We came from the gate where there were only few people around. I thought because it was drizzling. It was quite nice when there were so few around. We stoped at the sitting place for praying and got our lunch. There we met some teenagers in cosplay. My son was so so happy and took picture with them. It was spring time and the vending machine was in bloom. I love it!

This gate is not far from the underground station. Then walk to a big open space where we could see the castle from a bit far. We were a few days early and only few sakura bloom but I was happy.

After going left, we found big crowd..aha they crowd came in from different gate. I saw people rushing into the castle. we decided to walk around the yard which was so exciting. We came to a building where the workers doing restoration. So clean! No dust flying around. I noticed there were many kind of camelia. I like the garden around the castle, it has beautiful flower. Then we went to a building kind of museum inside. If you have time, you should walk around the garden.

The main attraction in the castle is Honmaru Palace. Since it was drizzling we were a bit wet though we had tried to dry up ourselves. And the people at the door were so so so nice they helped to wipe up visitors cloths. Oh felt like a royal ☺! Shoes off and we put our shoes in a very neat lockers. Wow! The palace was so impressively stunning! So neat. Everything was so finely crafted. Detail. Inside was museum like. We can see how pretty and fine Japanese made and construct the palace. We can see the city from above through binocular. And experience how they pull the stone to make wall in the old days and so on. We were there around 2 hours or so admiring the palace. If you like flower, after cherry blossom, the castle has long wisteria pergola outside the castle wall. They might blossom in may. Check local information for it. Entrance...

Nagoya Castle is a landmark fortress in the city of Nagoya, built by the feudal lord Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu in the 17th century. It is one of the famous castles in Japan, along with Osaka, Himeji and Kumamoto castles.

Nagoya Castle (also known as Nagoyajō) is located at 1-1 Hommaru, Naka Ward, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Nagoya Castle was built in the early Edo period as the seat of one of the three branches of the ruling Tokugawa clan, the Owari branch. As such, it is one of the largest castles in the country, and the castle town surrounding it eventually grew into the fourth largest city in Japan.

Nagoya Castle was completed in 1615 by the Shogun, Tokugawa Ieyasu. Topped with golden shachihoko, a fierce tiger-shaped roof device and boasting the largest floor space of any tower, Nagoya Castle and its magnificent Hommaru Palace were operated as a military installation. Nagoya Castle was the first Japanese castle to be designated a national treasure.

Most of the castle buildings were destroyed in the 1945 air raids, including the castle keep and palace buildings. The current reinforced concrete reconstruction of the castle dates from 1959 and – before it closed in May 2018 – housed a modern museum with exhibits on the castle's history. The park surrounding the castle features two circular moats and impressive walls with corner turrets. It becomes a popular hanami spot during cherry blossom season, which usually peaks in late March or early April.

Within Nagoya Castle, there are large buildings next to the tower, such as the Tonan Sumiyagura, Seinan Sumiyagura, and Seihoku Sumiyagura, all three of which are designated as important...

The main castle is still closed, but the palace was open. You must take off your shoes when entering and leave them in free shoe lockers. You can then walk around in socks, or they have shoes you can wear. Bags must be worn on the front of the body or left in lockers. I managed to fit mine in the shoe locker to save time messing around with two lockers. You can rent an audio tour. The palace is a reconstruction. It is quite beautiful inside. The wall paintings are incredible. The rooms are not set out with furniture. It is just an empty space, but this is enough. You follow a one-way system round the building. There are staff dotted around who were happy to chat. The information boards were also in English. The gardens are worth exploring, you pay to enter. It is currently 500 yen. This gives you free entry to the palace . There are artifacts to see, such as the original castles foundation stones and a statue of Kiyomasa. There are toilets, a tea house, souvenir shops and places to eat. There is an area that has food tents. There are also places to eat in front of the East Gate entrance. The site is only a four minute walk from the local train station. The palace has disability access from the north side. You can transfer into one of their wheelchairs to go around the palace. If you want to use your own, you must wait while staff clean the wheels. Lighting levels are low in the palace. If you can not remove your shoes, covers are offered Wheelchairs can be hired. They were on offer at the East Gate. I'm not sure about the other gates. Some areas of the garden are gravelly, but most have flat paths. There are...