Toyama Castle, Japanese castle in Toyama, Japan
Toyama Castle is a flatland-style castle in central Toyama, now part of Toyama Castle Park. Its keep is a 1954 ferro-concrete reconstruction with white-plastered walls, dark wooden framing and stacked dark-grey tiled roofs, set on a tall base of large irregular grey stones. Only the Chiyoda Gate and parts of the original moats and stoneworks survive.
Jinbo Nagamoto raised the structure in 1543 to control the plain and multiple sieges followed over the centuries. The government dismantled the fortress in 1870 and the current tower dates from 1954.
The castle museum exhibits regional artifacts, traditional art pieces, and a collection of tea ceremony utensils that demonstrate the cultural practices of feudal Japan.
Access begins from the city park and signs point toward the inner courtyard and tower entrance. Most rooms sit on upper floors so climbing stairs is necessary to view the exhibits.
The Chiyoda Gate, now standing east of the main enclosure, was originally built as the retirement residence of Maeda Toshimochi, the tenth lord of Toyama Domain. It was moved to a wealthy farmer's estate in the Meiji era and returned to the castle park in 2007. A stone wall was built beside it in 2008, the first stonework there since 1953.
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