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Monday · 2026/11/02

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Food Fair · Aichi · Chubu

Nagoya Ramen Festival

The Tokai region's largest ramen festival features 30 restaurants showcasing regional bowls and specialty dishes from February onward.

Nagoya · 3–23 Feb 2027

Museum · Aichi · Chubu

Yokoyama Art Museum

A Nagoya museum of Japanese export ceramics, with more than 5,000 pieces made for overseas markets in the Meiji and Taisho eras and later brought back to Japan.

Nagoya

Market · Aichi · Chubu

Hakubutsu Mania

A two-day spring fair of natural science in Nagoya, where fossil and mineral dealers and creators of science-themed goods fill around 160 booths.

Nagoya · 10–11 Apr 2027

Museum · Aichi · Chubu

Nagoya Touken World

A Nagoya museum of Japanese swords, samurai armor and ukiyo-e, opened in 2024, with a collection of about 500 swords that includes a National Treasure tanto.

Nagoya

Food Fair

Nagoya Ramen Festival

The Tokai region's largest ramen festival features 30 restaurants showcasing regional bowls and specialty dishes from February onward.

3–23 Feb 2027Exact date not confirmed yetNagoya · Aichi

Market

Hakubutsu Mania

A two-day spring fair of natural science in Nagoya, where fossil and mineral dealers and creators of science-themed goods fill around 160 booths.

10–11 Apr 2027Nagoya · Aichi

Food Fair

SAKAE SAKE SQUARE

A three-day festival in Nagoya with over 140 sake labels from 50 breweries, pouring Aichi and Gifu summer sake neat, on the rocks or as highballs.

18–20 Jul 2027Exact date not confirmed yetNagoya · Aichi

Expo & Convention

World Cosplay Summit

Since 2003, teams from around forty countries have met in Nagoya each year to compete in handmade costumes and stage performance for the Grand Champion title.

12–14 Nov 2027Nagoya · Aichi

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Zoo & Wildlife

Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens

Zoo and botanical garden in Nagoya, on its present site since 1937, with about 450 animal species and 7,000 plant species.

Nagoya · Aichi

Museum

Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology

This museum in a historic red-brick textile factory traces Toyota's evolution from textile company to global automobile manufacturer.

Nagoya · Aichi

Amusement Park

Legoland Japan Resort

Japan's first Legoland theme park with seven zones featuring rides, LEGO-brick recreations of Japanese landmarks, and a miniature town recreation.

Nagoya · Aichi

Zoo & Wildlife

Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium

Japan's largest aquarium by tank capacity and floor area, featuring a massive dolphin show tank and research programs for penguins and sea turtles.

Nagoya · Aichi

Interactive Experience

Unko Museum Nagoya

An indoor attraction in Nagoya built around cute poop, with a poop volcano, a glowing path of poop and games from throwing poop to a ride-on cart.

Nagoya · Aichi

Museum

Yokoyama Art Museum

A Nagoya museum of Japanese export ceramics, with more than 5,000 pieces made for overseas markets in the Meiji and Taisho eras and later brought back to Japan.

Nagoya · Aichi

Museum

Nagoya Touken World

A Nagoya museum of Japanese swords, samurai armor and ukiyo-e, opened in 2024, with a collection of about 500 swords that includes a National Treasure tanto.

Nagoya · Aichi

Shrine

Atsuta Shrine

A highly revered Nagoya shrine established during Emperor Keiko's reign, it houses the Kusanagi no Tsurugi, one of the three symbols of the Imperial throne.

Nagoya · Aichi

Castle

Nagoya Castle

Castle constructed in 1612 as the center of a major Edo-era post station, destroyed in World War II bombing but reconstructed since 1957.

Nagoya · Aichi

Museum

Tokugawa Art Museum

Opened in 1935, the museum holds over 10,000 works of the Owari Tokugawa family, including nine National Treasures and the Tale of Genji Illustrated Scrolls.

Nagoya · Aichi

Temple

Osu Kannon

A Shingon temple in central Nagoya, moved here by Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1612, whose Osu Bunko library holds a National Treasure manuscript of the Kojiki.

Nagoya · Aichi

Amusement Park

PARCO Enta Park

Shopping destination reopening September 2026 with one of Japan's largest entertainment zones, featuring 40 character and franchise shops.

Nagoya · Aichi

Food Fair

Nagoya Ramen Festival

The Tokai region's largest ramen festival features 30 restaurants showcasing regional bowls and specialty dishes from February onward.

3–23 Feb 2027Exact date not confirmed yetNagoya · Aichi

Festival

Hadaka Matsuri

Historic purification festival where nearly-naked men engage in a spirited struggle to touch the selected Naoi-nin, symbolizing the cleansing of misfortune.

1 Mar 2027Exact date not confirmed yetInazawa · Aichi

Festival

Harvest Festival

A spring fertility rite centered on a symbolic wooden offering, with portable shrine processions and prayers for good harvests and future generations.

15 Mar 2027Komaki · Aichi

Festival

Inuyama Festival

Historic shrine festival featuring thirteen elaborate floats equipped with mechanical puppets performing traditional ceremonies on the first weekend of April.

4–5 Apr 2027Exact date not confirmed yetInuyama · Aichi

Market

Hakubutsu Mania

A two-day spring fair of natural science in Nagoya, where fossil and mineral dealers and creators of science-themed goods fill around 160 booths.

10–11 Apr 2027Nagoya · Aichi

Festival

Ono Festival

A traditional spring festival held over two days features three decorated floats and karakuri puppets, with origins dating to the Edo period.

3–4 May 2027Tokoname · Aichi

Festival

Toyohashi Gion Festival

Held annually in Toyohashi, Aichi, the Gion Festival combines tezutsu hand-held fireworks with the Yoritomo Procession, and dates back to the Edo period.

17–19 Jul 2027Exact date not confirmed yetToyohashi · Aichi

Food Fair

SAKAE SAKE SQUARE

A three-day festival in Nagoya with over 140 sake labels from 50 breweries, pouring Aichi and Gifu summer sake neat, on the rocks or as highballs.

18–20 Jul 2027Exact date not confirmed yetNagoya · Aichi

Festival

Tenno Matsuri

A 600-year-old river festival in Tsushima, Aichi, each July: lantern-lit boats float down the Tenno River to flute music, honouring the deity Gozu Tenno.

25–26 Jul 2027Exact date not confirmed yetTsushima · Aichi

Expo & Convention

World Cosplay Summit

Since 2003, teams from around forty countries have met in Nagoya each year to compete in handmade costumes and stage performance for the Grand Champion title.

12–14 Nov 2027Nagoya · Aichi

Zoo & Wildlife

Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens

Zoo and botanical garden in Nagoya, on its present site since 1937, with about 450 animal species and 7,000 plant species.

Nagoya · Aichi

Castle

Inuyama Castle

A castle above the Kiso River whose keep, a National Treasure, is the only building left standing and was privately owned until 2004.

Inuyama · Aichi

Shrine

Yoshida Shrine

Yoshida Shrine in Toyohashi, Aichi, dates to 1124, stood within Yoshida Castle under its lords, and is known as the birthplace of tezutsu hand-held fireworks.

Toyohashi · Aichi

Castle

Ono Castle Ruins (Shiroyama Park)

Castle ruins in Tokoname, a city historic site preserved as Shiroyama Park, with a shrine to the Saji clan and an observation deck over Ise Bay.

Tokoname · Aichi

Museum

Toyota Commemorative Museum of Industry and Technology

This museum in a historic red-brick textile factory traces Toyota's evolution from textile company to global automobile manufacturer.

Nagoya · Aichi

Amusement Park

Legoland Japan Resort

Japan's first Legoland theme park with seven zones featuring rides, LEGO-brick recreations of Japanese landmarks, and a miniature town recreation.

Nagoya · Aichi

Zoo & Wildlife

Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium

Japan's largest aquarium by tank capacity and floor area, featuring a massive dolphin show tank and research programs for penguins and sea turtles.

Nagoya · Aichi

Museum

Meiji-mura

An open-air museum in Aichi preserving over 60 buildings from Japan's Meiji, Taisho, and early Showa periods, including Frank Lloyd Wright's Imperial Hotel.

Inuyama · Aichi

Temple

Daiju-ji

Pure Land Buddhist temple in Okazaki, founded in 1475 by Matsudaira Chikayoshi to honour the war dead, and the ancestral temple of the Tokugawa shoguns.

Okazaki · Aichi

Amusement Park

Ghibli Park

A 7.1-hectare theme park in Nagakute built around the worlds of Studio Ghibli films, with five themed zones and restaurants serving character-inspired food.

Nagakute · Aichi

Interactive Experience

Unko Museum Nagoya

An indoor attraction in Nagoya built around cute poop, with a poop volcano, a glowing path of poop and games from throwing poop to a ride-on cart.

Nagoya · Aichi

Museum

Yokoyama Art Museum

A Nagoya museum of Japanese export ceramics, with more than 5,000 pieces made for overseas markets in the Meiji and Taisho eras and later brought back to Japan.

Nagoya · Aichi

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