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Aichi travel guide

Hatcho miso, Nagoya food, uiro. Atsuta Jingu, Toyokawa Inari and Osu Kannon. The only prefecture that holds two of the six ancient kilns, Tokoname and Seto. Aichi, set out category by category.

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    Sightseeing spots

    Scenery and town walks. Find the places you want to go.

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    Handa · Place · candidate to visit

    Kamezaki Shiohi

    The floats are hauled down onto the beach. UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.

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    Inuyama · Place · candidate to visit

    Inuyama-jo

    A surviving keep, and a National Treasure. It stands on a cliff above the Kiso river.

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    Nagoya · Place · candidate to visit

    Nagoya-jo

    Known for its golden shachihoko. The Honmaru palace has been reconstructed.

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    Shrines & temples

    Learn the history and culture, and prepare for your visit.

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    Nagoya · Place · candidate to visit

    Atsuta Jingu

    It enshrines the Kusanagi sword, one of the three imperial regalia. A great camphor said to be over a thousand years old stands in its grounds, and a deep forest survives in the middle of the city. Nobunaga prayed here for victory before Okehazama, and the Nobunaga wall he dedicated after winning still stands.

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    Toyokawa · Place · candidate to visit

    Toyokawa Inari

    It carries the name Inari but is not a shrine: it is a Soto Zen temple. A rare case of a temple that kept enshrining Inari even after the separation of Shinto and Buddhism. Countless fox figures stand at the Reikozuka behind it.

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    Nagoya · Place · candidate to visit

    Osu Kannon

    Its gate town became a shopping arcade as it stood. Also known for the Osu Bunko, a collection of classical texts.

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    Specialties & souvenirs

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    Crafts & industry

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    Nagoya Buddhist Altars

    Buddhist altars from Nagoya. They are made with the work divided into eight trades, covering the wooden base, carving, lacquering, gold leaf application and maki-e.

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    Toyohashi Brushes

    Brushes from Toyohashi. They keep to a process called nerimaze, in which weasel, horse and other hair is soaked in water and blended.

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    Akazu Ware

    Pottery fired in Akazu, Seto. Seven kinds of glaze, including ash glaze, iron glaze and Ko-Seto, are used for different purposes.

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    Art & culture

    Widen your travel themes with art and culture entries.

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    Nagoya · Place · candidate to visit

    Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art

    A systematic 20th-century collection, holding one of the very few Klimt oils in Japan.

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    Nagoya · Place · candidate to visit

    Nagoya City Art Museum

    Four collecting pillars, including a rare Japanese holding of the Mexican muralists, in a Kurokawa building.

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    Tokugawa Art Museum

    The Owari Tokugawa treasury intact, including the 12th-century Tale of Genji scrolls - shown a few scenes a year, each November.

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    100 Regional Revitalization Picks

    100 local highlights chosen by each prefecture. Find candidates in nature, food and experiences.

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    Nagoya · Place · candidate to visit

    Toyotomi Museum

    A complex in Nakamura ward, Nagoya, opened to coincide with the 2026 NHK historical drama.

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    Gamagori · Place · candidate to visit

    Takeshima

    An island of about 680 metres around in Mikawa Bay at Gamagori, joined to the shore by a 387-metre bridge.

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    Nagakute · Place · candidate to visit

    Ghibli Park

    A park in Nagakute, opened in November 2022, recreating the worlds of the films.

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