Suemori Castle Site - Nagoya

Nothing is left of this castle and now a shrine sits on the site. There are many steps to get to the shrine/castle site.

History from jcastle website:

Suemorijō was built by Oda Nobuhide in 1548. Alongside Moriyamajō, commanded by Nobuhide's younger brother, Oda Nobumitsu, Suemorijō was part of a defensive line of fortifications to protect against invasions from the Matsudaira (Tokugawa) Clan of Mikawa and the Imagawa Clan of Suruga. In 1552 Oda Nobukatsu (also known as Oda Nobuyuki), Oda Nobunaga's younger brother, took over command of Suemorijō. Nobukatsu rebelled against Nobunaga along with Shibata Katsuie and Hayashi Hidesada. The rebels were defeated at the Battle of Inō and Nobukatsu fled back to Suemorijō where he was quickly surrounded. The siege ended peacefully after the intervention of the boys' mother, Tsuchida Gozen, who was also at Suemorijō, having moved in after the death of Nobuhide, her husband. Nobukatsu had always been her favourite son! But Nobunaga could not ignore his mother's request for mercy, and pardoned Nobuyuki - and his fellow conspirators - for his illigitimate rebellion. However, another rebellion attempt would come in 1558. This time Shibata Katsuie betrayed Nobukatsu to Nobunaga, and Nobukatsu was summoned to Kiyosujō under false pretences whereupon he was killed. At that time Suemorijō was sacked by Ikeda Nobuteru (also known as Ikeda Tsuneoki). Although Suemorijō was thought to have been abandoned at that time, it was also re-purposed during the Battle of Komaki-Nagakute in 1588, and the date of its final desertion is not known.