Or at least a reasonable facsimile of the former castle. The real Nagoya Castle was almost completely destroyed in WW2. What you see below is a modern replica built in 1959. It is pretty nice to look at — just don’t go inside. As was the fashion at the time, I suppose, the inside is a lifeless, ugly, concrete museum. But the outside is very well done. At least to these untrained eyes it is. This guy could probably tell you more.
From this angle, there was once a group of buildings in front, the Honmaru Palace. They finally raised enough money to reconstruct this and started construction not long after I took this photo. According to Wikipedia it is scheduled to be finished in 2017. Let’s hope the insides are made a little more true to history and not another soulless concrete museum.
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Show Me Japan, Vol 11
It’s that time again — time for another Show Me Japan, the weekly collection of photos from all over Japan. The above photo is my entry this week. Be sure to go check out the other entries.
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Now, there’s an HDR that me likes. Me likes a lot. This castle looks MASSIVE. But… is it just me, or the windows don’t quite match the rest of the structure? They look, hmmm… too contemporary, at least for me.
Hmm.. I don’t remember what they looked like from the inside, but now that you mention it, they do look a little off.
A great pic & a great #ShoMeJapan entry. And because builders can’t get away with the same shenanigans they did 50 years ago, I believe the Hon-maru palace will be kinda good.
Let’s hope!
Gorgeous B&W photo of a beautiful Nagoya Castle. Fortunately (?), I haven’t been to inside part made by concrete!
You aren’t missing much, so don’t worry
I’d say, yes, it’s a fortunate thing. I wish I hadn’t gone inside, either.
Great B&W picture of the castle. Unfortunately a lot of Japan‘s castle were destroyed during WWII. One of my favourite original castles is Inuyama Castle in Inuyama, Aichi.
Yeah, I love Inuyama too. Small, but nice. My fav outside of Himeji, actually. I have a shot of it here: http://japandave.com/2010/11/dog-mountain-castle/