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We have (more or less) finished our Nagoya Travel Guide and do look forward to your feedback.
It covers a general intro to Aichi Prefecture , as well as the following locations:
As well as a few destinations around Nagoya.
Of course, there's much more to see in and around Nagoya, and we'll keep updating this section. To be added soon: the narrow historical streets of Shikemichi.
It covers a general intro to Aichi Prefecture , as well as the following locations:
Castle Nagoya Castle
Tokugawa Ieyasu built Nagoya Castle (名古屋城 Nagoya-jō) in 1609-14 on the site of a smaller castle taken over and renamed by Oda Nobunaga’s father, Oda Nobuhide (織田信秀, 1510-1551). The castle was abandoned by the Oda clan in 1582 and reconstructed by the victorious Ieyasu to ensure the security of...
Museum Tokugawa Art Museum
The Tokugawa Art Museum (徳川美術館 Tokugawa Bijutsukan) is a private museum that opened its gates in 1935 and displays a large collection of artefacts of the Owari branch of the Tokugawa family. Many of these family treasures dated back to Tokugawa Ieyasu and were completed by the collection of his...
Shrine Atsuta Shrine
Atsuta Shrine (熱田神宮 Atsuta-jingū) is one of the most sacred Shinto shrines in Japan, purportedly second only to Ise-jingū in Mie Prefecture. It is said to hold the sacred sword Kusanagi no Tsurugi, one of the three imperial regalia of Japan. According to tradition, the shrine was built by the...
Temple Osu Kannon
Officially called Kitanosan Shinpuku-ji Hōshō-in (北野山真福寺宝生院), Ōsu Kannon (大須観音) is a Buddhist temple of the Shingon sect located in Naka Ward, central Nagoya. It was initially constructed in the early 14th century by order of Emperor Go-Daigo (後醍醐天皇 Go-Daigo-tennō, 1288-1339) in the village of...
As well as a few destinations around Nagoya.
Castle Inuyama Castle
Inuyama Castle (犬山城 Inuyama-jō) is located in the city of Inuyama, north of Nagoya, and is considered to be one of the oldest castles in Japan and the only one that has been in private hands until recently.
While the original structure seems to date back to the mid-fifteenth century, it was...
Museum Meiji-Mura Museum
Meiji-Mura Museum (博物館明治村 Hakubutsukan Meiji-mura) is an open-air museum located in Inuyama City, north of Nagoya, overlooking picturesque Lake Iruka.
It comprises sixty-seven buildings and structures dating mainly from the Meiji era (1868-1912): Western-inspired buildings such the main...
Travel Okazaki Travel Guide
Okazaki City is located southeast of Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture and prospered in the Edo period (1600-1868) as a castle town and an important post-station along the Tōkaidō Road.
HistoryIn the Sengoku period (1467-1568), the area of modern-day Aichi Prefecture was controlled by the Matsudaira...
Castle Okazaki Castle
Okazaki Castle (岡崎城 Okazaki-jō) is located in Okazaki City in Aichi Prefecture. It is famous for being the birthplace of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa shogunate. The current edifice, a hilltop castle, is a reconstruction of the original donjon with its annexe and well-house...
Of course, there's much more to see in and around Nagoya, and we'll keep updating this section. To be added soon: the narrow historical streets of Shikemichi.
