- Nagoya in the Edo period(1603-1868)
- ①The Okehazama ancient battlefield
- ②Arimatsu to Miya post‐town
- ③Miya post-town
- ④Atuta Shrine
- ⑤Atsuta～Furuwatari
- ⑥Tachibana-cho
- ⑦Osu Kannon Temple
- ⑧Osu Monzencho
- ⑨Shirakawa Park
- ⑩Nagoya Castle Town 01
- ⑪Nagoya Castle Town 02
- ⑫Toshogu Shrine Festival
- ⑬Horikawa River1
- ⑭Horikawa River2
From Honmachidori 5-chome to 1-chome circumference map
Honmachi-dori street branches with the Minoji Way in the Tenmacho-honmachi crossing. Minoji Way connects with Nakasendo Highway(Tarui town) via Kiyosu city, Ogaki city, and Honmachi-dori is going to Nagoya Castle. It has been told that Sakura Tenmangu shrine was founded by Oda Nobuhide (Oda Nobunaga's father) according to the divine message of Sugawara Michizane. Sakura Tenmangu shrine Festival was held on February 25 every year , and the plant fair was opened on Honmachi-dori street at the time. Sakahoko Festival was a festival of Hiroi Hachoman shrine performed in September every year. The mikoshi(a portable shrine) marched to Hakusan shrine . Bonten Festival was popular in the middle of the Edo period(1603-1868) in Nagoya.
Toshogu Festival was the greatest festival in Nagoya Castle Town performed on the 16th,17th in April. In Uonotanadori(street), lunch etc. were sold and it was crowded with many people till late at night. Kyomachisuji(street) is located in the south in Nagoya Castle. Public offices, the clan schoo(Meirindo), etc. of the Owari clan were located on the north side. Itogofukuten(kimono fabric store) in chayamachi is the predecessor of Matsuzakaya department store . Business was done here till the Meiji Era(1868-1912) last stage, and it transferred to Sakaemachi.
Owari-meisho-zue colored by the digital technology
Sakura Tenmangu shrine
It has been told that Sakura Tenmangu shrine was founded by Oda Nobuhide (Oda Nobunaga's father) according to the divine message of Sugawara Michizane. Sugawara Michizane is an aristocrat , a scholar,a Chinese poems, a politician, in Heian period (794-1185). He was relegated to the chief officer of Dazaifu by the false accusation and passed away there. Since many big cherry trees were planted in the precincts of the shrine, this shrine had been called "Sakura (a cherry tree) Tenmangu Shrine". Although the site of this shrine was reduced ,this shrine has been enshrined on the south of Sakura-dori street still now.
The plant fair(Honmachi 4-chome)
The plant fair(Honmachi 3-chome)
Honmachi-dori was built as regional arterial road which connects Atsuta to Nagoya Castle at the time of Nagoya Castle construction . Hommachi 3-chome and the 4 chome circumference was the area which prospered most in Nagoya Castle Town. The plant fair was opened in three days before and behind Sakura Tenmangu shrine Festival held on February 25 every year. The villager who participated in order to sell garden trees from neighboring villages put stores in order, and the passengers fell into an illusion which walks in woods.
Kasaboko Festival
This festival had been performed in September (lunar-calendar August). Kasaboko which had the decoration which was covered with the cloth with which the splendid pattern was drawn in the surroundings, and Mikoshi(a portable shrine) were transferred to Hakusan Shrine from Hiroi-hachiman Shrine for the festival.
*Kasaboko:It is what decorated Hoko (long-handled Chinese spear), an artificial flower, a white egret, etc. on big a bamboo-and-paper umbrella.
Bonten Festival
Bonten-sai is the festival which was in fashion in Nagoya in 1763. The children of a merchant's family paraded according to the whistle drum, having a bamboo rod to which Bonten(a Buddhistic guardian deity) dwelt. Haribite is paper decoration put paper and cloth on the surface of the framework constructed with the bamboo. Many Haribites participated in this festival and a costume parade was held.
Uonotanadori(street)
Uonotana-dori is a street which passes along the south in Nagoya Castle from east and west. Since the both sides of the street had many stores which sell a fish, this street had been called Uo-no-tana(a fish street). At the festival of Toshogu Shrine performed on April 16,lunch etc. were sold to sightseers. Paper lanterns were hung up for every house at night, and geisha helped the store.
Itogofukuten(kimono fabric store)
Ito Sukemichi who was Oda Nobunaga's vassal before opened the kimono fabric and fancy goods store in 1611. In 1659 , Sukemoto who is a child left after Sukemichi's death relocated the store to Chaya-machi of the south in Nagoya Castle. The business policy by cash and fixed price sale gained popular support, and the store greatly prospered. In 1768, he purchased Matsuzakaya which suited Ueno of Edo (present Tokyo), and changed the store name into Ito Matsuzakaya.
