Nagoya Castle Ruins 名護屋城跡
In five months, in 1592, it became the second city of Japan after Osaka, for seven years.
Built on the orders of Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1592 as a base for the campaigns in Korea (the Bunroku-Keichō wars), it was by area the second largest castle in Japan after Osaka (about 17 hectares) and housed over 200,000 people, counting warriors and merchants; it remained in use until Hideyoshi's death in 1598. The ruins and 23 adjacent camps (21 in Karatsu, 2 in Genkai) have been a Special Historic Site (特別史跡) since 22 August 1955, raised from the plain Historic Site designation of 1926.
Saga
馬渡島航路のりば
