Saga Prefectural Nagoya Castle Museum

Building in Saga Prefecture, Japan

33°31′40″N 129°52′13″E / 33.52778°N 129.87028°E / 33.52778; 129.87028Opened1993Websitehomepage (jp)

Saga Prefectural Nagoya Castle Museum (佐賀県立名護屋城博物館, Saga Kenritsu Nagoya-jō Hakubutsukan) opened in 1993 in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, Japan, on the site of Nagoya Castle, built in 1591 as the base for Hideyoshi's invasions of Korea. It displays artefacts excavated from the castle site and other materials relating to three main themes: (1) the history of exchange between the Japanese archipelago and Korean peninsula; (2) the preservation of the Special Historic Site of Nagoya Castle; (3) cultural and academic exchange between Japan and Korea. The 2,000,000th visit was in August 2010.^[1]^[2]^[3]

In April 2022 a replica of the Golden Tea Room was installed.^[4]^[5]

References

^ "Other Related Prefectural Museums and Other Sites". Saga Prefecture. Archived from the original on 13 November 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
^ 佐賀県立名護屋城博物館 [Saga Prefectural Nagoya Castle Museum] (in Japanese). Karatsu City. Archived from the original on 28 January 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
^ 名護屋城博物館について [Nagoya Castle Museum - About] (in Japanese). Saga Prefecture. Archived from the original on 18 May 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
^ "Historical Golden Tea Room Recreated Inside Karatsu Museum".
^ "Hideyoshi's Golden Tea Room Replicated in Southwestern Japan". 9 April 2022.