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We, Takeuchi and Maki would like to share Nagakute-kosenjo-Park, and the sounding area of it! It was a nice spring day, so we were able to take a walk comfortably 😀
【Nagakute-kosenjo-Park】
It is said that a fierce battle was held there, however Nagakute Kosenjou Park is now a beautiful park. On the huge lawn, there are many families who visited for a picnic. There are many mounds of samurais who passed away in the battle. It is wonderful place where you can enjoy not only it as a park, but also as a historic site.
【Museum】
In Nagakute Kosenjou Park, there is a museum related to the battle of Komaki and Nagakute. Historical things it also serves as a tourist information center, so there were sightseeing brochures the specialty of Nagakute. We bought “Japanese-style cookies of the Battle of Nagakute” there. They tasted sweetly and friendly taste!! On the second floor, the traditional event of this area “Bonote”, was introduced. It was introduced in English, so it is easy for foreign people to understand.
【Chinoike Park】
This is a pond was it is said that samurais who smeared with blood in the battle washed away sword and horses. Every year, there is legend that it was dyed red on April 9th , the day of the battle. It is now reclaimed and became a park, and it is familiar to citizens.
【Nagakute Castle Ruins】
Next, we went to Nagakute Castle Ruins which is about a 3-minute walk from Chinoike Park. This place is a dwelling site of Kato-taro-uemon-tadakage, who fought on the side of Tokugawa at the Battle of Nagakute. He fought to protect the Iwasaki Castle, but the castle fell and he was killed on the battle.
His left behind castle later became a private house and end up desolated. However, In 1809, Kato's grandson, a daimyo of the Owari domain, visited the place and erected a stone monument beside Kannon hall to hold a memorial service. The monument is still left today and able to see.
【Fujisha】
The last is Fujisha! There is an entrance about a 5-minute walk from the ruins of Nagakute Castle. After the long stairs, there is a shrine. The mountain was not so high, so the number of steps were not as many as it looks, and is easy to climb with only little tiredness to the summit.
This is a shrine of Mt. Fuji faith built by Shigetao Aoyama, the leader of Fuji-sengen Shrine which the head shrine is in Suruga (Shizuoka Prefecture). There is a monument of "Mihatayama" of Nagakute battle historic site in the precincts. As I said, the mountain itself is not so high, but it’s the place where Ieyasu put up a camp to check Hideyoshi's movement for the battle, so we can have a nice view of Nagakute City from the summit.
Our report “This is NAGAKUTE~ “ series end here.
We've reported our field survey through this month, and hope you find it enjoyable! Thank you very much for reading to the end!!
We'd like to continue the field survey of Nagakute City and update this report too, so please look forward to it😊
See you in the next blog!
Thank you~~
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