This typical plain Castle Azuchi-Momoyama era is now a museum of the city of Nagoya, it is with the construction of the castle and its history began. It is also a symbol of the city, is a list of the hundred best castles and national historic sites in Japan.

At the site of the castle in the first half of the XVI century there was a fortress "Willow yard" - an outpost of Owari province. In 1532 the castle was captured by the shogun Oda Nobuhide and renamed Nagoya Castle. The governor gave it to his son, Oda Nobunaga, who lived there until 1555, and then moved his residence to the city Kiyoshi, and the former castle left empty.

In 1609, Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu decided to move the center of the province of Owari Kiyoshi Nagoya and ordered to build a new castle, which the local feudal lords built on his orders in two years.

With 1612 on 1616 years after the ruler of Kiyoshi Nagoya has been moved and the rest of the population. Samurai, merchants and others received land plots at the foot of the castle and began to establish settlements. Also in Nagoya have been moved three Shinto shrines, Buddhist temples and 110 small castle tower Kiyoshi.

Nagoya Castle looked quite luxurious: the main tower was married five-tiered roof, which sparkled golden carp-shachihoko that protect the castle. The area of ​​the castle consisted of five courtyards, one of them was the governor's palace, where he received the distinguished guests. When the lock was broken on the greatest standards of the time garden.

In 1945, much of the former splendor of the castle of Nagoya was destroyed during the bombing of the US Air Force. The main tower of the castle was restored in 1959 with donations collected by residents of Nagoya.

Courtyard of the castle also became the headquarters of the Imperial Army Third Division (1872 to 1945). In 1891, its main courtyard, the main tower and the palace suffered during the earthquake Mino-Owari. In 1893 he moved to the main courtyard of the control of the War Office to the Ministry of the imperial house, and until 1930 was the villa of the emperor. Then the castle transferred to the city authorities, and in the castle museum was opened. Currently, work is underway on the restoration of the palace, which are scheduled to be completed by 2022.