Built between 1610 and 1612 by Tokugawa Ieyasu, Nagoya-jō is one of Japan's largest castles. A good chunk of the original structure was built using materials from the dismantled Kiyosu-jō further north. Nagoya-jō was the center of the bustling castle town of Nagoya in the Edo period, one of the most important stops on the Tokaidō road between Kyōto and Edo. Reduced to mere foundations in an Allied air raid in May of 1945, the imposing donjon was rebuilt in ferro-concrete in 1959. The castle is now host to the dubious modern addition of an interior elevator - an oft-ridiculed feature. Restoration of the former Honmaru-goten (palace) is currently ongoing across the main enclosure from the donjon.