Horibata-chō (堀端町) is a historic neighbourhood located in the Nishi ward of Nagoya, central Japan.

History

The area is located north of central enceinte across the moat of

Nagoya Castle is a Japanese castle located in Nagoya, Japan. Nagoya Castle was constructed by the Owari Domain in 1612 during the Edo period on the site of an earlier castle of the Oda clan in the Sengoku period. Nagoya Castle was the heart of one of the ...

and west of the former Ofuke Garden, since 1931

Meijō Park is a public park surrounding Nagoya Castle in Kita-ku, Nagoya, Japan History The name Meijō derives itself from the abbreviated ''kanji'' form of . So in effect the park's name translated means "Nagoya Castle Park", since it lies to the nor ...

. The northern border is delineated by the man-made Hori river. The whole area was the site of the New Palace (新御殿 ''Shin Goten'') of

Tokugawa Naritomo was a Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Edo period, who ruled the Owari Domain. His childhood name was Yasuchiyo (愷千代). He had a retreat north of Nagoya Castle called ''Shin Goten'' (新御殿 New Palace) in what is today Horibata-chō (堀端 ...

(1793–1850), 10th Lord of the

Owari Domain The was a feudal domain of Japan in the Edo period. Located in what is now the western part of Aichi Prefecture, it encompassed parts of Owari, Mino, and Shinano provinces. Its headquarters were at Nagoya Castle. At its peak, it was rated at ...

. It not clear when the New Palace disappeared. The area is built over by residential housing and office buildings. The only green area left is the small Horibata Park (堀端公園), which was inaugurated in the early 1980's. A large part of the northern side along the river is occupied by the offices of the ''

Sōka Gakkai is a Japanese Buddhist religious movement based on the teachings of the 13th-century Japanese priest Nichiren as taught by its first three presidents Tsunesaburō Makiguchi, Jōsei Toda, and Daisaku Ikeda. It is the largest of the Japanes ...

'' and their

Aichi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,552,873 () and a geographic area of with a population density of . Aichi Prefecture borders Mie Prefecture to the west, Gifu Prefectur ...

branch.

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Nagoya Castle Nishi-ku, Nagoya Neighbourhoods of Nagoya {{Aichi-geo-stub

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