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Nagoya-City Nagoya Castle Winter Festival

Date : 01/01/2025 - 01/05/2025


  • Nagoya Castle Winter Festival
  • Nagoya Castle Winter Festival

Nagoya Castle: Celebrating the New Year with hospitality

Nagoya Castle celebrates the New Year with hospitality to guests in 2024 too during its Winter Festival. Enjoy a multitude of events, such as the First Opening of Nagoya Castle Gates, Chinese Zodiac Decoration Gifts, and Children's Overlapping Stamp Treasure Hunt. Come spend the New Year at Nagoya Castle.

Event Information

◆ First Opening of Nagoya Castle Gates
Date: Mon, Jan 1 (national holiday), 2024
Time: From 9:00 am
Venue: Around the Main Gate (inside the castle)
Nagoya Castle unveils itself for the New Year in 2024! Watch as the castle gates open for the first time in the New Year along with performances by Owari Manzai Imaeda Shachu comedians, the Nagoya Omotenashi Bushotai® warrior brigade, Princess Samurai of Japan, and Hattori Hanzo and the Ninjas.


◆ Owari Manzai
Date: Mon, Jan 1 (national holiday), 2024
Time: From 10:00 am
Venue: Around the Main Gate (inside the castle)
Theatrical group: Owari Manzai Imaeda Shachu
The seven gods of fortune dance a lively and celebratory dance for the New Year. This Manzai comedy team is of the highest level, having performed for the emperor and the Owari Tokugawa clan.
Notes:
• Canceled in rainy weather.

◆ Baked confections with torreya nuts (available to the first 200 people, free of charge)
Date: Mon, Jan 1 (national holiday), 2024
Time: From 9:00 am
Venue: Main Gate/East Gate
Nagoya Castle's torreya tree is estimated to be 600 years old and is considered a very lucky tree. Baked confections with the tree's nuts are available while supplies last. (Support from the Torreya Nut Society.)

◆ Chinese Zodiac Decoration Gifts (available to the first 1,000 people, free of charge)
Date: Mon, Jan 1 (national holiday), 2024
Time: From 9:00 am
Venue: Main Gate/East Gate
Receive a decorative gift featuring this year's animal of the Chinese zodiac while supplies last. (Contribution by the Nagoya Castle Promotion Association.)

◆ Kinshachi-Za Stage
Date: Mon, Jan 1 (national holiday)–Wed, Jan 3; Sat, Jan 6–Mon, Jan 8 (national holiday), 2024
Time: 9:00 am–4:00 pm
Venue: Nishinomaru
Wonderful hospitality allowing you to eat, play, and learn.

◆ Special opening of the important cultural property Southwest Corner Watchtower
Date: Tue, Jan 2–Mon, Jan 8 (national holiday), 2024
Time: 9:00 am–4:15 pm (admission until 4:00 pm)
Venue: Southwest Corner Watchtower
The Southwest Corner Watchtower, one of the three remaining corner watchtowers from the Edo period is open to the public for a limited time.

EVENT OVERVIEW

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  • Restaurant
Date : Mon, Jan 1 (national holiday)–Mon, Jan 8 (national holiday), 2024
Holding time : Nagoya Castle: 9:00 am–4:30 pm (gates until 5:00 pm)

Notes:
• Admission to the Hommaru Palace, Southwest Corner Watchtower (special opening), and Nishinomaru Okura Museum until 4:00 pm.
Place : Nagoya Castle
Location : 〒460-0031
1-1 Hommaru, Naka-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi
Fee : • Adults: JPY 500
• Junior high school ages and younger: Free
• Senior citizens residing in Nagoya (with a Senior Citizen's Pass): JPY 100
• Visitors with a Certificate of Disability: Free (with two caretakers)

Notes:
• Prices are subject to change. Check the official site, etc. for the most up-to-date information.
Parking : Main Gate Parking Lot: 8:45 am–9:30 pm
308 spaces (Standard-sized vehicles. JPY 180/30 min.)
Notes:
• 8:30 am–5:30 pm on Jan 1 only. JPY 800/entry.

Ninomaru East Parking Lot:
123 spaces (Standard-sized vehicles. JPY 180/30 min.)
Notes:
• Unavailable Jan 1.
Restrooms : Available
Phone number : 052-231-1700 (Nagoya Castle Administration Office)

Note: This page may not be current due to update time differences between site databases.
Should accuracy be critical, please verify this information using a direct source, whenever possible.

ACCESS

  • Access by public transport
    Access by public transport
    5-min. walk west from Exit 7 of Shiyakusho (City Hall) Station on the Meijo Subway Line (board the clockwise train from Sakae Station, in turn reachable from Nagoya Station using the Higashiyama Subway Line bound for Sakae and Fujigaoka).
  • Access by car
    Access by car
    • Approx. 8 min. southwest from Kurokawa Exit on the Nagoya Expressway R1 Kusunoki Route.
    • Approx. 5 min. north from Marunouchi Exit on the Nagoya Expressway's Circle 1 Route.

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