Nagoya Castle is undoubtedly the pinnacle of pride for the citizens of the city of Nagoya.
The castle was originally built on the orders of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first Tokugawa shogun, in the early 17th century. It was to be a critical stronghold for invading Osaka Castle, the opposing Toyotomi clan’s final place of resistance.
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