Construction of Osaka Castle (大阪城, Osakajo) started
in 1583 on the former site of the Ishiyama Honganji
Temple, which had been destroyed by Oda Nobunaga
thirteen years earlier. Toyotomi Hideyoshi intended the
castle to become the center of a new, unified Japan
under Toyotomi rule. It was the largest castle at the time.
However, a few years after Hideyoshi's death, Tokugawa
troops attacked and destroyed the castle and terminated
the Toyotomi lineage in 1615. Osaka Castle was rebuilt
by Tokugawa Hidetada in the 1620s, but its main castle
tower was struck by lightning in 1665 and burnt down.
It was not until 1931 that the present ferro-concrete
reconstruction of the castle tower was built. During the
war it miraculously survived the city wide air raids. Major
repair works gave the castle new glamor in 1997. After
remodeling, castle tower now houses an informative
museum about the castle's history and Toyotomi
Hideyoshi. The castle tower is surrounded by secondary
citadels, gates, turrets, impressive stone walls and
moats. The Nishinomaru Garden, encompassing the
former "western citadel", is a lawn garden with 600 cherry
trees, a tea house, the former Osaka Guest House and
nice views of the castle tower from below.
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