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7 unusual facts about Nagoya Castle


Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium

Located on the site of the secondary enclosure of Nagoya Castle, it is host to numerous concerts and events.

Hongan-ji Nagoya Betsuin

In the early Edo period it was moved to the current location at the time of the construction of Nagoya Castle.

Kiyosu-juku

Kiyosu-juku was originally formed as a castle town for Kiyosu Castle; however, the original town was decimated when much of the populace was moved to Nagoya Castle.

Kuruwa

This kuruwa can consist of any sort of wall from a shoddy earthwork fortification to large, strong walls as seen in Nagoya Castle, Sasayama Castle, and Hiroshima Castle.

Nagoya Shrine

Originally called Tennosha (天王社), it was located south of Nagoya Castle next to the Nagoya Tōshō-gū (東照宮) and housed the guardian deity of the castle.

Nagoya Tōshō-gū

It was located outside Nagoya Castle in the Sannomaru enceinte, next to the Tennosha (today's Nagoya Shrine).

Yamada Tenman-gū

According to legend, the shrine was constructed in 1672 as a guardian to Nagoya Castle and as place to pray for academic wishes in the Owari Province.


Imagawa Ujichika

Ujichika is remembered for sending three of his six sons to various temples to become monks and for building Nagoya Castle in Owari in 1525 - both of which were considered somewhat unusual - the latter because the Imagawa had only the most tenuous of holds over Owari Province.


see also

Aomatsuba Incident

Three chief retainers of the Owari branch of the ruling Tokugawa clan were executed in the Ninomaru Palace of Nagoya Castle.