In this typical lowland era castle of Azuchi-Momoyama currently is a Museum of Nagoya city, it is with the erection of this castle, its history began. He is also the symbol of the city, is included in the list of the hundred best castles and national historic landmarks of Japan.

On the site of the castle in the first half of the sixteenth century was a fortress "willow farm" the Outpost of the province of Owari. In 1532, the fortress was captured by the shogun ODA Nobuhide and renamed as Nagoya castle. The ruler gave it to his son Ode Nobunaga, who lived in it before 1555, and then moved his residence to the city kieso, and the old castle was left empty.

In 1609, the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu decided to move the center of Owari province from Kies in Nagoya and ordered to build a new castle, which the local feudal lords under his command erected in two years.

With 1612 by 1616 the years following the ruler of kiasu in Nagoya began to move and the rest of the population. Samurai, merchants, and others have received plots of land at the foot of the castle and began to create a settlement. Also in Nagoya were transferred three Shinto shrines, 110 Buddhist temples and a small castle tower to Kies.

Nagoya castle looked very luxurious: home five-tiered tower was crowned roof, which sparkled with gold carp satyaka, guarding the castle. The castle consisted of five houses, one of them was the Palace of the ruler, in which he hosted high-profile guests. When the castle was a very large by the standards of that time garden.

In 1945 much of the former splendor of the Nagoya castle was destroyed during the bombing of the U.S. air force. The main tower of the castle was restored in 1959 on the donations made by the residents of Nagoya.

The courtyards of the castle became the headquarters of the third division of the Imperial army (1872 to 1945). In 1891 his main yard, main tower and the Palace was damaged during the earthquake Mino-Owari. In 1893 the main courtyard has passed from under the control of the Ministry of defence to the Ministry of the Imperial household and in 1930 became the Villa of the Emperor. Then the castle was transferred to the city authorities, and in the castle Museum was opened. Currently work is underway on the restoration of the Palace, which is scheduled to be completed by 2022.