Navy Memorial Building

The museum displays bricks from all over the world and all over Japan, as well as ancient ones from Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, and Greece. Part of Maizuru Brick Park which consists of many brick buildings formerly used by the Imperial Japanese Navy.

The castle gate and a turret have been reconstructed and operate as small museums with information about the castle and a small collection of artifacts. The grounds have a few preserved stone walls and a garden that's worth a look if you're here. While the leader of the castle Tadaoki Hosokawa (formerly Nagaoka) was off preparing to fight in the Battle of Sekigahara, the castle was left to his father, the retired leader Fujitaka Nagaoka. Although Fujitaka was greatly outnumbered, he was so revered that the emperor intervened in order to ensure the battle would end with him unharmed. He possessed knowledge and a book of ancient poetry that were considered so precious that conquering the castle wasn't worth the risk of killing him. This is also why the invading army did not quickly overtake the castle in spite of having 30 times the manpower. Many of the combatants, including the leader, were former students with a high respect for Fujitaka, so their attacks were purposefully ineffectual, such as shooting guns loaded with gunpowder but not ammunition.