Osaka-Jo castle

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  • Address
    1-1 Osaka-jō Chūō-ku, city centre
  • Phone
    6941 3044
  • Transport
    underground rail: Osaka-jō-kōen station on the JR Osaka Loop line

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The Osaka-Jot castle was built as a display of power by Toyotomi Hideyoshi after he achieved his goal of unifying Japan. One hundred thousand workers toiled for three years to construct an 'impregnable' granite castle, finishing the job in 1583. However, it was destroyed just 32 years later, in 1615, by the armies of Tokugawa Ieyasu.