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• Usagi    February 05, 2012 at 11:02 PM
  

  Revisited this castle on the weekend, last time was 7 years ago before I was really interested in the history of castles in Japan. I was impressed with the work that is being undertaken with the restoration of the Hommaru Palace. After viewing so many concrete reconstructions it is encouraging to see a traditional reconstruction. The detail in the workmanship not to mention the smell of the timber was fantastic. I hope I am still around to see the completion.

• Eric    January 21, 2012 at 09:04 AM
  

  Hi Thomas. I did read that recently. As you say I can't imagine when it would ever be finished. I assume they'd have to tear down the old main keep for several years to build it too which could be unfortunate.

• thomasV    January 18, 2012 at 09:17 PM
  

  Did you know that the mayor of Nagoya, Kawamura Takashi, put forward the plan to actually rebuilt the tenshu in wood? I really hope this will happen, altough the cost and time it would take to do that would be enormous, considering how long it's going to take for them to finish the honmaru palace.

• Frank T. on My Page    October 16, 2011 at 08:20 PM
  

  The park is very nice, especially during hanami season, but it's popular and usually has plenty of visitors. Go on a weekday if you can.

• Eric    April 26, 2011 at 10:58 PM
  

  Nagoya was initially targeted for its manufacturing facilities. Whether the castle was deliberately targeted for its military use or was a result of a spreading fire, the loss of this National Treasure was a tragedy.

• John    April 21, 2011 at 03:20 AM
  

  The keep is rather squat lookibg and has always seemed a little over-gabled to me. Not that it isn't a beutiful castle of course, but the "concrete philosophy" of the 1960s detracts from the value of the castle. And oh yeah, did my countrymen bomb this castle deliberately, or did a firestorm spread from the city of Nagoya to the castle? Anyway because the imperial japanese army was using it as a base/prisoner of war camp, that kind of explains it. Doesn't justify destroying a cultural monument, but people (and castles) die in war.

• Kris    February 04, 2011 at 11:06 PM
  

  A friend at work gave me omiyage from Nagoya. The box has a picture of cartoon shachihoko flying around the Nagoya skyline (I already knew they could fly, especially with a little help from Kinsuke), and a giant shachihoko perched on one end of the roof encouraging a tiny ebi furai perched on the other end. Does anyone know if Nagoya ebi furai are deliberately supposed to look like Nagoya shachihoko or if that is just a coincidence of the artist drawing two mascots together in the same style?

• Usagi on My Page    January 08, 2011 at 08:32 PM
  

  The castle was closed the day we visited, but easy access from Nagoya, a large and impressive structure.

• RaymondW on My Page    October 09, 2010 at 09:57 AM
  

  A very impressive reconstructed castle with a great museum inside the keep. However, since the keep is not an original or rebuilt from wood, it gets excluded from getting five star in my book. Lots of ishigaki, moats, and one original corner turret left. When the reconstructed palace is finished in about ten years, then I will probably bump the ratings up to five stars.

• Admin    April 05, 2010 at 09:19 AM
  

  Nagoya and Osaka are concrete museums so there is not much to see inside. You probably are not even allowed to take pictures. Most castles & museums in Japan won't let you take pictures. HEre are some interior pics for other castles you mentions. Himeji: http://www.castlefan.com/data01/himeji1/index_5.html Osaka (yagura): http://www.castlefan.com/data01/oosaka/index_5.html Kumamoto: http://www.castlefan.com/data01/kumamoto/index.html

• John    April 04, 2010 at 03:09 AM
  

  if anyone knows of a website that has pictures of the inside of the keep of nagoya castle,hemeiji castle, kumamoto castle or osaka castle, please write them down on this page

• Julian (from Canada)    October 23, 2009 at 09:43 AM
  

  There is also a paper-doll museum (so well-done some things don't even look like paper until you get really close) on the grounds and a bug museum on the top floor of the castle. When I was coming out of the castle the first time I went there, I ran into a guy I played hockey with a couple of years earlier in Canada. Small world.

• furinkazan    August 04, 2009 at 02:03 AM
  

  I went there in last april. The castle's museum and park is very interesting. I'm always disappointed when the castle is a concrete reconstruction. But this one is certainly worth a visit. There was an enclosure, obstructing a little the view of the tenshu from the honmaru. This enclosure is erected where the goten will be reconstructed.

• alex    March 05, 2009 at 08:20 PM
  

  taht castle is the most beatiful other people need to go visit there

• Anonymous    March 17, 2008 at 03:08 AM
  

  Nagoyajo is a nice castle to visit. Inside the reconstructed Tenshu is a good museum. It is interesting to note that Nagoyajo does in fact have an original Tenshu- the Northwest Yagura was moved here from Kiyosujo, where it served as that Shiro's tenshu.