Toyama Castle

photo by 掬茶 · CC BY-SA 4.0

photo by t-mizo · CC BY 2.0

In 1585 Hideyoshi besieged it with 70,000 men: Sasa Narimasa surrendered in a day.

Built in 1543 by the retainer Jinbo Nagamoto, it passed to Sasa Narimasa after the fall of the Uesugi: in 1585, in revolt against Toyotomi Hideyoshi, he found himself surrounded by seventy thousand men and surrendered without a fight; the castle was dismantled. Rebuilt by Maeda Toshinaga after the Battle of Sekigahara as his retirement residence, it burned down four years after his arrival and was never rebuilt during the Edo period: all that remains is the Chitose Gate, in cypress with a red-tiled roof, and stretches of wall in undressed river stone. The present reinforced-concrete tower, a keep that never actually existed, was put up in 1954 for an industrial exhibition and now houses the Municipal Museum of Local History.

Castle in the centre of Toyama, seat of the local branch of the Maeda for about 230 years until 1873. The park around it is now a public green space in the city.

ℹ️ Museum open 9:00–17:00 (last entry 16:30), closed at the turn of the year (28 December–4 January). Adult ticket 210 yen, free for high school students and younger. 10 minutes on foot from Toyama Station. Source: Toyama municipality.

🚉 Dentetsu-Toyama · 12 min walk

Sources: city.toyama.lg.jp · info-toyama.com · ja.wikipedia.org

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