[Aichi ]Taiga Drama "What to do about Ieyasu "Five famous castles in Owari and Mikawa that fought hard against Nobunaga and Hideyoshi

The ruins of Okazaki Castle are maintained as Okazaki Park, and a bronze statue of Ieyasu stands in the park. 1959, the castle tower was restored with three stories and five floors, and was selected as one of "Japan's 100 Great Castles "in 2006. Inside the museum is a history museum of Okazaki Castle and the castle town.

At the northern end of Okazaki Park is "the Mikawa Samurai Museum ". The museum's permanent exhibition is divided into five sections that explain Ieyasu's life from his birth to the unification of Japan, and the Mikawa warriors who supported him.

"Facility Information "
Facility Name Okazaki Castle
Address: 561-1, Kosei-cho, Okazaki-shi, Aichi, Japan
Phone number 0564-24-2204 (Okazaki Public Service)
Hours: 9:00-17:00 (admission until 16:30)
Regular holiday Year-end (December 29 to December 31)
Material: Adults=300yen / Small people=150yen
Access 15 min. walk from Meitetsu "Higashi-Okazaki Station "

Kiyosu Castle served as the starting point for Nobunaga's ambition to seize control of the country and to travel across the country to pacify the turbulent Sengoku Period. A bright vermilion Ote Bridge has been built across the Gojo River that flows through Kiyosu City, and the Tenshukaku (main building) has been reconstructed.

The present Tenshukaku was built in 1989 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the town organization of the former Kiyosu-cho. The castle was designed in the Momoyama period (1568-1600), and the four-story building has shachi or or ornate golden ornate ornamentation on its roof.

Visitors can enter the Tenshukaku, the first floor of which is "Prologue Zone ", the second floor of which is "Sengoku no Miyasu Zone ", the third floor of which is "Roots of the Champions, Kiyosu Zone ", and the fourth floor of which is "Tenkaichikketsu Zone ", where the history of the Warring States Period is explained according to each theme.

From the top four floors, the city of Kiyosu City can be seen below over the Ote Bridge.

On the opposite bank of Kiyosu Castle across the Ote Bridge, "Furusato no Yakata "is established. The first floor is a free rest area that sells a variety of souvenirs and fresh local vegetables.

"Facility Information "
Facility Name Kiyosu Castle
Address: 1-1 Asahijoyashiki, Kiyosu-shi, Aichi, Japan
Phone number 052-409-7330 (Kiyosu City Management Office)
Hours: 9:00 to 16:30
Closed Mondays (or immediately following weekday if Monday is a holiday), December 29-31
Entrance fee to Tenjinkaku Adults=300yen/Little people=150yen
Access 15 min. walk from Kiyosu Station on JR Tokaido Main Line ""

Ieyasu installed Tadatsugu Sakai, one of the four Tokugawa kings, as the lord of Yoshida Castle. It is said that Tadatsugu rebuilt Yoshida Castle and built a new moat. After Nobunaga was killed in the Honnoji Incident of 1582, Hideyoshi Toyotomi took over the reins of government. During the Hideyoshi era, Ikeda Terumasa became the lord of Yoshida Castle. Terumasa Ikeda made major renovations to the castle, and the stone wall under the iron tower is said to have been built using the latest technology of the time.

"Facility Information "
Facility Name Yoshida Castle
Address: 3 Imahashi-cho, Toyohashi-shi, Aichi, Japan
Phone number: 0532-51-2430 (Toyohashi City Tourism Promotion Division)
Admission Free
Closed Mondays (open if Monday is a national holiday)
Interior hours of the iron tower: 10:00 to 15:00 (exterior tours are permitted at any time)
Access Take a streetcar from Toyohashi Station on JR Tokaido Honsen Line "" , get off at "Shiyakusho-mae "or "Toyohashi Koen-mae "and walk about 3 minutes.

The castle tower can be entered, and the stone walls supporting the 19-meter-high tower and thick beams can be seen in the underground caverns with entrances and exits. The roof of the third floor is decorated with karahafu (Chinese gables) on the north and south sides and irimoya-hafu (gables with gable ends) on the east and west sides.

The top four floors of the castle tower are a watchtower surrounded by a gazebo with a gazebo and a corridor. From the perimeter, the gently flowing Kiso River and the castle town of Inuyama can be seen below.

The castle town is connected to the south from Inuyama Castle. The construction of the castle was done with great care, and a castle structure known as the "sozukuri" was built. Not only was a merchant town placed in the center of the town and surrounded by a samurai town, but the perimeter of the town was also surrounded by wooden doors, moats, and earthen mounds to fortify the town as a castle town. It attracted merchants and craftsmen of the same trade, encouraging the development of industry. Even today, the town still retains traces of its name in town names such as Kajiya-machi and Uoyamachi. Fortunately, the area did not suffer from the fires of World War II and other wars, and the old streets remain rich in character.

"Facility Information "
Facility Name: Inuyama Castle
Domicile 65-2, Inuyama City, Inuyama City, Aichi Prefecture
Phone number 0568-61-1711 (Inuyama Castle Management Office)
Hours: 9:00-17:00 (admission until 16:30)
Closed 12/29 to 12/31
Access 15 min. walk from Inuyama-Yuen Sta. on Nagoya Railroad Inuyama Line ""

Komakiyama Castle rises in the western part of Komaki City, Aichi Prefecture, atop the 86-meter-high Mount Komaki. Although the origin of the castle is not clear, it is said that Nobunaga built a large castle in 1563. Nobunaga, who formed the Seishu Alliance with Ieyasu, tried to expand his influence into Mino. He used Komakiyama Castle as his base of operations. The castle tower was restored in 1968, modeled after the Hounkaku at Nishi Honganji Temple in Kyoto. It is now open to the public as the Komaki City History Museum. The museum not only exhibits the history of Komaki Castle and the castle town, as well as the results of excavations, but also features a three-dimensional panorama of the Battle of Komaki-Nagakute, with an audio and visual explanation of the battle's progress.

Komakiyama Castle occupies an entire mountain site measuring approximately 600 meters east to west and 400 meters north to south. The castle was also called Hikurumawajo (fire wheel castle) due to its layout of the mountain, which was divided into six sections. The access to the main castle is via the Oteguchi (main entrance) located in the south, and the Oteguchi road leads in a straight line to the middle of the hillside, where it turns off and leads to the main castle.

At the major entrance at the southern foot of Komaki Mountain, the Komakiyama Castle Historic Site Information Center "Hishikishiru Komaki "opened in April 2019. If you enter the museum together with the Komaki City History Museum, you will be able to dig deeper into the history of Komaki City.

"Facility Information "
Facility Name Komakiyama Castle
Address: 1-1 Horinouchi, Komaki City, Aichi Prefecture
Phone number 0568-72-0712 (Komaki City History Museum)
Komaki City Museum of History Adults=100yen/Under Junior High School Students=No Material
Hours: 9:00 am to 4:30 pm (admission to paid areas until 4:15 pm)
Closed: 3rd Thursday of the month (or the following weekday if the day falls on a national holiday) / Year-end and New Year holidays (December 29 to January 3)
"The museum will be closed from December 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023 for renovation of the museum's exhibits. "
Access 20 min. walk from "Komaki Sta. on the Meitetsu Komaki Line "