Nagoya Castle

E81946
Japanese castle historic site tourist attraction

Nagoya Castle is a historic Japanese fortress in Nagoya, famous for its Edo-period architecture and iconic golden shachihoko (mythical tiger-fish) ornaments.

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Label Occurrences
Nagoya Castle canonical 10
Nagoya Castle complex 1
Nagoya Castle main keep 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese castle ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Meijō ⓘ
Nagoya Castle ⓘ
surface form: Nagoya-jō
architecturalStyle Japanese castle architecture ⓘ
builtBy Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ
builtOnSiteOf Kiyosu Castle relocation project ⓘ
constructedFor Tokugawa Ieyasu ⓘ
constructionEnd 1612 ⓘ
constructionStart 1610 ⓘ
coordinates 35.185°N 136.899°E ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
designatedAs National Historic Site of Japan ⓘ
destroyedBy US air raids ⓘ
destroyedDuring World War II ⓘ
featuredIn Japanese historical dramas ⓘ
hasCulturalProperty Important Cultural Property (some turrets and gates) ⓘ
hasGarden castle park grounds ⓘ
hasMuseum Nagoya Castle museum exhibits ⓘ
hasOrnament golden shachihoko ⓘ
hasStructure Honmaru Palace ⓘ
historicalEra Edo period ⓘ
HonmaruPalaceReconstructionCompletion 2018 ⓘ
HonmaruPalaceReconstructionStart 2009 ⓘ
locatedIn Aichi Prefecture ⓘ
Chūbu region ⓘ
Honshu ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
Nagoya ⓘ
mainKeepReconstructedIn 1959 ⓘ
nearbyTransport Meijō Kōen Station ⓘ
Shiyakusho Station ⓘ
notableFeature corner yagura (turrets) ⓘ
golden shachihoko ornaments ⓘ
large tenshu (main keep) ⓘ
moats and stone walls ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
operator Nagoya ⓘ
surface form: Nagoya City
originalKeepDestroyedIn 1945 ⓘ
ownedBy Nagoya ⓘ
surface form: City of Nagoya
purpose military stronghold ⓘ
residence of Owari Tokugawa family ⓘ
reconstructionMaterial reinforced concrete ⓘ
shachihokoMaterial gold-plated copper ⓘ
shachihokoMythology mythical tiger-fish ⓘ
symbolOf Nagoya ⓘ
surface form: Nagoya City
tourismRegion Chubu tourism area ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nagoya → hasLandmark → Nagoya Castle ⓘ
Nagoya Castle → alsoKnownAs → Nagoya Castle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nagoya-jō
Nagoya City Hall → nearby → Nagoya Castle ⓘ
Aichi Prefecture → containsLandmark → Nagoya Castle ⓘ
golden shachihoko → isFamouslyAssociatedWith → Nagoya Castle ⓘ
golden shachihoko → isFamousExampleAt → Nagoya Castle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nagoya Castle main keep
golden shachihoko → isTouristAttractionAt → Nagoya Castle ⓘ
Honmaru Palace → locatedIn → Nagoya Castle ⓘ
Honmaru Palace → partOf → Nagoya Castle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nagoya Castle complex
Chubu tourism area → hasFamousSite → Nagoya Castle ⓘ
Aichi Prefectural Government Office → locatedNear → Nagoya Castle ⓘ
Meijō → alsoKnownAs → Nagoya Castle ⓘ
Nagoya, Aichi, Japan → hasLandmark → Nagoya Castle ⓘ
subject surface form: Nagoya