Nomi Castle (Nukata)
The site of Nomijō is now housing. There is a marker post outside somebody’s front garden gate to mark the site of the riverside fort, but no ruins remain. I went around the area, which is not far from downtown Okazaki, finding old homes here and there. Some of them seemed long abandoned. It’s stran
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History
Nomijō was built by Matsudaira Mitsuchika, the eighth son of Matsudaira Nobumitsu. Mitsuchika established the Nomi-Matsudaira branch clan. The third head of the Nomi-Matsudaira, Shigeyoshi, served Matsudaira Motoyasu / Tokugawa Ieyasu, besieging Terabejō and fighting to suppress the Mikawa-Ikkō-Ikki.
Field Notes
The site of Nomijō is now housing. There is a marker post outside somebody’s front garden gate to mark the site of the riverside fort, but no ruins remain. I went around the area, which is not far from downtown Okazaki, finding old homes here and there. Some of them seemed long abandoned. It’s strange to think that old townhomes have been rotting here for decades whilst residential sprawl continues even today to expand into the countryside.
Note: This Nomijō is located in historical Nukata County (roughly analogous to Okazaki Municipality), and is not to be confused with Nomijō in Kamo County (roughly analogous to Toyota Municipality) (both counties are in Mikawa Province).
| Castle Profile | |
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| English Name | Nomi Castle (Nukata) |
| Japanese Name | 額田能見城 |
| Alternate Names | Nōmijō |
| Founder | Matsudaira Mitsuchika |
| Year Founded | Sengoku Period |
| Castle Type | Fortified Manor |
| Castle Condition | Ruins only |
| Historical Period | Pre Edo Period |
| Features | |
| Visitor Information | |
| Access | Kita-Okazaki Station on the Aichi Loop Line; 12 minute walk to Shiroyama Park |
| Hours | Access Limited |
| Time Required | 5 minutes |
| Location | Okazaki, Aichi Prefecture |
| Coordinates | 34.96776, 137.1611 |
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| Admin | |
| Added to Jcastle | 2023 |
| Contributor | ART |
| Admin Year Visited | Viewer Contributed |
| Friends of JCastle | |
| Umoreta Kojō | |
| Jōkaku Shashin Kiroku | |
| Aichi Shiro | |
