Nagoya Castle is known for the golden shachihoko “tiger-fish” ornaments that adorn the main tower. The town surrounding the castle grew to become the largest city in Japan’s Chūbu region, now home to ...

NAGOYA--After more than 400 years, the iconic Nagoya Castle is under siege, this time by those wanting to make it more accessible to wheelchair-users and those who are determined to keep it as ...

NAGOYA, Japan >> Nagoya is thinking about installing small elevators in Nagoya Castle to make the structure accessible to disabled visitors. The addition would come during a wooden reconstruction of ...

On a cloudy day of sporadic downpours, we found shelter inside one of Japan’s foremost national treasures, Nagoya Castle, in Nagoya, Japan. Established by Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the 2 ...

Hiragana characters spelling "ryoji" are seen carved into a wooden pillar in Nagoya Castle's Honmaru Palace in this photo provided by the Nagoya Municipal Government. NAGOYA -- The central palace at ...

While many Japanese cities have a castle as their most iconic symbol and biggest tourism draw, the irony is that these salutes to their samurai past are often built out of modern materials.

The Chrysanthemum Corridor on the north side of the castle will be open to visitors for the very first time. This special area is one of the most luxurious sections of the castle grounds and features ...

WHEN Tokugawa Ieyasu, who founded the Tokugawa shogunate in 1603, had feudal lords build castles across the nation, Nagoya Castle was one of them. The castle tower was rebuilt using reinforced ...

NAGOYA—The famed “rebirth” of a pair of 17th century gold “shachihoko” tiger-fish ornaments on Nagoya Castle that were smashed in World War II is likely false. Misako Asahi, a curator at the Nagoya ...