Along with Atsuta Shrine, Nagoya Castle is one of the most significant historical locations in Nagoya. The original castle was built in 1525 and was in the hands of the Imagawa clan until 1532, when Oda Nobuhide, father of Oda Nobunaga, took over it. It was abandoned, and Oda Nobunaga set up his office in Kiyosu Castle. In 1610, Tokugawa Ieyasu commissioned the building of Nagoya Castle to secure a strategic position on the Tokaido Highway that connected Edo to Kyoto. The Owari Tokugawa, a major secondary branch of the Tokugawa Family, resided here. During World War II, the castle was used as a military headquarters and POW camp, and was burnt down by US bombing on May 14, 1945, along with most of its artifacts. It was rebuilt in 1959.
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