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English: Nagoya Castle, built by Ieyasu Tokugawa in 1609, is one of the most wonderful castles in Japan (on par with Osaka Castle and Kumamoto Castle). It was burned down in a carpet bombing by the U.S.Army in 1945, and rebuilt imitation towers by the city of Nagoya in 1959. The castle's tower is decorated with famous golden Shachihoko Castle Golden Shachi-Hoko Statue01.jpg, a mythic creature with the head of a tiger and the body of a fish.
日本語: 名古屋城。1609年に徳川家康が築城した日本三大名城の１つ。1945年、第2次世界大戦の名古屋空襲で焼失し、1959年に名古屋市が中心となって再建した。天守閣には有名な金の鯱が飾れて、名古屋城及び名古屋市の象徴とされている。

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Camera location35° 11′ 05.19″ N, 136° 54′ 01.14″ E  Heading=300° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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current14:49, 2 August 2005Thumbnail for version as of 14:49, 2 August 20051,280 × 960 (1.23 MB)Gnsin~commonswiki (talk | contribs){{English}} Nagoya Castle.The castle which Ieyasu Tokugawa built in 1609. One of the castles wonderful also in Japan on a par with Osaka Castle and Kumamoto Castle.It was burned down by the air raid by World War II, and Nagoya-shi made it rebuild in 1959.

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