Suemori Castle

Suemori Castle (末森城, Suemori-jō) is a former Japanese castle located in Nagoya.

It was originally outside the city of Nagoya in the countryside of the Owari Province.

Lord Oda Nobuhide (1508-1549) built this castle in 1548. The following year, his third son Oda Nobuyuki (d. 1557) became the castle's lord, but was defeated at the Battle of Inogahara, where he fought against his older brother Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582). It is assumed that the castle was subsequently abandoned in 1559 and fell into ruins. A stone stelae marks the site of the castle.

The area today is overgrown with trees. Located on the premises is the Shiroyama Hachiman-gū.

The closest station by public transport is Motoyama Station on the Higashiyama Line and Meijo Line.

Text adapted from “Suemori Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Suemori Castle ranks #3,334 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #172 of the 297 mapped in Japan. Founded 1548, it is older than 41% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 755 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 3,461 times in the last 60 days, more than 78% of the atlas. 8 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Nagoya, 5 km away. See how Japan compares in the castle statistics.

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