Toyama Castle (Toyama Municipal Folk Museum)

Toyama Castle was built during the Age of Civil Wars. Then, at the completion of the post-World War II reconstruction project, Toyama Industrial Expo was held, where this memorial was built. It models a three-layer and 4-story castle which is open to the public as a folk museum.

From the era of Civil strife and Civil War warriors, through closing in the Meiji Era into the present, over 400 years of history since its first building is displayed. You can view the whole city from the observation tower on the 4th floor.

The history of Toyama Castle is shown in details with models and videos for each period - the Middle Age from the construction by Jimbo Naganori in 1543 until the attack by Toyotomi Hideyoshi into the destruction, the early-modern times when it was repaired by the second Kaga Domain lord, Maeda Toshinaga, and used as a residence for Maeda Family of Toyama Domain into Meiji Era, and the modern times after the closure in 1873.