Join us on a tour of historic Nagoya Castle, intriguing Nagoya City Science Museum, and enjoy the beautiful artistry at Noritake Garden.

Are you ready for Day 2 of Nagoya (Read Day 1 here)" On today’s tour, we’ll take you to very different experiences, from the beautiful and exquisite Nagoya Castle and Honmaru Palace, to hands-on experiments and planetarium at Nagoya City Science Museum, and finally the peaceful garden and art at Noritake Garden.
Things to Do in Nagoya – Day 2
Nagoya Castle ????
My family loves visiting Japanese castles.  During our travels around Japan, we always try to visit if there is a castle in town.  During our stay in Nagoya, we visited the Nagoya Castle with the family to learn about its history. Nagoya Castle was originally built in 1609 by the powerful shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, and the neighboring Honmaru Palace (????) was built in 1612.  Unfortunately, most of the castle was destroyed by air raids in World War II and the current concrete replica was built by the city in 1959.  Until the Meiji era, the Owari lineage of the Tokugawa family had resided in the castle.

Deep moats next to the castle wall.

Giant rocks!

Next to the castle is the Honmaru Palace (????), currently going through a 9 year (2009-2018) complete reconstruction project.  The construction is being done in 3 stages, and we visited right when the second stage was completed.
The Honmaru palace was built as the residence and government offices for ...